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Gilbert, Davies, (1767-1839), MP, scientist, antiquary

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Alternative name(s):
  • Davies Giddy (Formerly known as)
Surname: Gilbert
Forenames: Davies
Gender: Male
Date: 1767-1839
Biography: ODNB link for Gilbert, Davies (1767-1839), MP scientist antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P131062 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P11247 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1780-1839: corresp and papers
Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office)
DG
NRA 9190
2
1800-1833: corresp (32 items)
Royal Institution of Cornwall
NRA 9188 Royal Inst
3
1820-1833: letters (26) to Charles Babbage
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 37182-85, 37205
4
transcripts of Cornish prose and verse
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Corn.c.3
5
1812-1826: letters to H Boase
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 29281
6
1811-1816: letters (10) to Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
43.388
NRA 38865 Osborn colln
7
1793-1835: letters (14) to John Hawkins
Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office)
Hawkins papers
NRA 10617 Hawkins
8
1826-1830: letters (32) to Sir John Herschel
Royal Society
HS
NRA 8803
9
1830-1835: letters (18) to Sir John Lubbock
Royal Society
JWL
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
10
1821-1836: letters (26) to Gideon Algernon Mantell
National Library of New Zealand: Alexander Turnbull Library
MS-Group-0305
NRA 40579

See Microfilm copies (ref.XA 64) at East Sussex R.O.
11
1822-1835: corresp with Sir Robert Peel
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 40347, 40394, 40397, 40411
12
corresp with Richard Trevithick
Royal Cornwall Museum
See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
13
1815-1831: corresp. with Richard Trevithick, chiefly concerning the design and efficiency of steam-engines
Science Museum Library and Archives
MS347