Gassiot, John Peter, (1797-1877), scientific writer

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Surname:	Gassiot
Forenames:	John Peter
Gender:	Male
Date:	1797-1877
History:	Scientific writer. Chairman of the Kew Committee of Association, c1854-c1859, and the Kew Observatory which he helped to endow. Fellow of the Royal Society.
Biography:	ODNB link for Gassiot, John Peter (1797-1877), scientific writer
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275630 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P140115 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1854-1868: Correspondence of John Peter Gassiot
2	records of experiments	Royal Institution of Great Britain		NRA 9522
3	1839-71: letters (16) to Sir John Herschel	Royal Society	HS	NRA 8803 See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4	1837-1855: letters (10) to Sir John Lubbock	Royal Society	JWL	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982; LUB
5	1850-55: corresp with Sir Francis Ronalds	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	SC Mss 1.3, 1.9	NRA 38778 Ronalds
6	1859-68: letters to Sir George Stokes	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
7	1854-68: corresp rel to Kew Observatory	The National Archives	BJ1