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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