Robert Hunt letters, 1842-1879 1842-1879

Ure, Andrew, 1778-1857

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Chemist and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to James Bradshaw, 1835 Jan. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573909 Andrew Ure was born in Glasgow in May 1778 and graduated MD from Glasgow University in 1801. After a brief spell as an army surgeon, Ure was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at Anderson's Institution in 1804, in succession to George Birkbeck. In the spirit of John Anderson, he gave highly successful evening lectures ...

Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802-1875

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Physicist. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84865311 At 21 he began business in London as a musical instrument maker and carried out experiments on sound and optics. Professor of experimental physics at King's Colege, London 1834. F. R. S., 1836. He made many inventions and suggested the stereoscope and spectrum analysis. He collaborated with Sir William Fothergill Cooke in producing and improving electric telegraph ...

Claudet, A. (Antoine), 1797-1867

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Epithet: glass salesman, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x000281 Antoine Claudet was a French photographer who worked in London. In 1853 he became photographer to the Queen, and was elected FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society). He published over 40 scientific papers about his research and improvements in photography. From the description of Letters to D. Hastings, 1844-1854. (Getty Re...

Cochrane, Arthur A.

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Hunt, Robert, 1807-1887

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Robert Hunt was an English physicist and author. From the description of Letters, 1842-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173465747 From the guide to the Robert Hunt letters, 1842-1879, 1842-1879, (American Philosophical Society) Apprenticed to a surgeon in Paddington, London and studied anatomy with Joshua Brookes (1761-183) F. R. S. 1819. Afterwards with a physician and qas for four years in charage of a dispensary in London. Later with a firm of chemical manufa...

Clarke, Hyde, 1815-1895

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x00016b ...

Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789-1874

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Christie, Alfred

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Oldham, Thomas, 1816-1878

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Epithet: geologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x000264 ...

Cole, Henry. , Sir, 1808-1882

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Sir Henry Cole, English journalist, civil servant, and product designer, and originator of the Christmas card. Cole was the editor of the 1875 edition of the collected works of Thomas Love Peacock. From the description of Sir Henry Cole manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1875 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 155718520 From the guide to the Sir Henry Cole manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1875, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shell...

Ramsay, A. C. (Andrew Crombie), 1814-1891

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Wilson, George, 1818-1859

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De La Beche, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1796-1855

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Farr, William, 1807-1883

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William Farr, 1807-1883, was born in Kenley, Shropshire. At the age of two, he was effectively adopted by a local squire, Joseph Pryce, who paid for Farr's education. From 1826 to 1828, Farr worked as a dresser in the infirmary at Shrewsbury and studied medicine with a doctor there. On Pryce's death in 1828, Farr received a legacy that enabled him to pursue his studies in Paris and Switzerland. In 1831, Farr returned to Shrewsbury to work as an unqualified locum before studying at University Col...