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Whewell, William, (1794-1866), Master of Trinity College Cambridge

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Surname: Whewell
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1794-1866
Biography: ODNB link for Whewell, William (1794-1866) Master of Trinity College Cambridge
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P145864 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P30290 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Whewell
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
NRA 8804
2
letters and papers
Royal Society
See Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
3
letters and accounts rel to Cambridge University
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
See Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
4
1815-23: family corresp
Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
See Accessions to Repositories 1982
5
1841-64: corresp with Sir George Airy (126 items)
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
6
1820-47: letters to Charles Babbage
British Library, Manuscript Collections
7
1831-65: corresp with James David Forbes
St Andrews University Library
NRA 13132
8
1845-60: corresp with Edward Hawkins
Oxford University: Oriel College Archives
See HMC corresp file
9
1817-66: corresp with Sir John Herschel
Royal Society
NRA 8803
10
1832-58: letters (15) to Sir John Herschel
University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library
NRA 13677 Herschel
11
1857-63: letters (17) to JB Lightfoot
Durham Cathedral Library
NRA 28624 Lightfoot
12
1823-1847: letters (87) to Sir John Lubbock
Royal Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
13
1850-54: corresp with Lord Monteagle
National Library of Ireland
14
1829-61: letters (40) to Roderick Impey Murchison
Geological Society of London
NRA 28354 Geological Soc

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
15
1832-61: letters (34) to Adolphe Quetelet
Bibliotheque Royale Albert 1er
See Sturges, Economists papers 1750-1950, 1975
16
1831-39: letters to William and Mary Somerville
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 9423
17
1828-53: corresp with Christopher Wordsworth
Lambeth Palace Library
18
1831-63: letters (28)
Science Museum Library and Archives
NRA 9524 Science Museum
19
1838-56: misc corresp (17 items)
Harvard University: Houghton Library
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982