Letters and papers [manuscript]. 1745-1814.

Wales, William, 1734?-1798

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Epithet: FRS, Mathematical Master at Christ's Hospital British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000701.0x00033b ...

Solander, Daniel Charles, 1733-1782

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Epithet: botanist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x000072 Swedish botanist who accompanied Cook on the Endeavour voyage of 1768-1771. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Rio de Janeiro, to Carl von Linne. 1768. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225744866 Peter Collinson (1694–1768) was an English merchant and botanist. He was a partner in his father’s...

Forster, Georg, 1754-1794

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Sir Joseph Banks was an English naturalist and president of the Royal Society. From the guide to the Sir Joseph Banks papers, 1766-1820 (bulk), 1766-1820, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773

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John Hawkesworth, English writer. His book on British naval missions to the south Pacific, An account of the voyages undertaken by ... Commodore Byron (et al.), was published in 1773. The Commodore Byron mentioned in the title of his book is John "Foul-weather Jack" Byron, grandfather of Lord Byron. From the description of John Hawkesworth manuscript material : 1 item, 1772 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301749977 Compiler of parliamentary debates after Johns...

Clerke, Charles, 1741-1779

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Kippis, Andrew, 1725-1795

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Epithet: DD; of Add MS 35614 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000206 Biographer and author. See Dictionary of National Biography, v. XXXI, p. 1995-1997. From the description of The life of Captain James Cook (with five letters tipped in) [manuscript]. 1763-1819. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225829977 Andrew Kippis, Presbyterian minister and biographer. Kippis was one o...

Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798

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Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820

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José Francisco Correia da Serra was a Portuguese scholar, naturalist and diplomat. From the guide to the José Francisco Correia da Serra letters, 1810-1823, 1810-1823, (American Philosophical Society) English naturalist From the guide to the Sir Joseph Banks letters, 1802, 1803, 1804, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Scientist and explorer. President of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters and pa...

King, James, 1750-1784

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James King accompanied Captain James Cook on his third voyage. From the description of Memorandum. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127690 ...

Lind, James, 1716-1794

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Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814

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Scientist and inventor; lived in New Hampshire; also known as Sir Benjamin Thompson Rumford. From the description of Family papers, 1747-1852. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963873 Rumford, an applied physicist and inventor, as well as a soldier of fortune, and philanthropist, was born in Massachusetts, but after siding with the British in the American Revolution, lived mostly in England, Bavaria, and France. He studied heat, gunpowder, coo...