Maskelyne, Nevil, (1732-1811), astronomer

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Surname:	Maskelyne
Forenames:	Nevil
Gender:	Male
Date:	1732-1811
Biography:	ODNB link for Maskelyne, Nevil (1732-1811), astronomer
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P128171 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P19278 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Nevil Maskelyne

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1743-1811: corresp and papers	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	RGO MSS 136-286, 1234	NRA 22822 Greenwich Observator See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
2	1765-1830: letters to Maskelyne rel to astronomical and mathematical matters	Cambridge University: St John's College Library	Maskelyne	NRA 44134
3	corresp and papers	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	1390	NRA 23462 Arnold-Forster
4	1765-1810: observations	Royal Society		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
5	1773-1821: account books (microfilm)	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	MS84/083	NRA 20623
6	c1802: remarks by him on memoranda of John Edwards rel to telescopes	Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	MS 943
7	1779-1810: corresp with Sir Joseph Banks (28 items)	See information in published source		See WR Dawson, The Banks letters, 1958
8	corresp with Lewis Evans	Oxford University: History of Science Museum		NRA 9532 Oxford scientific
9	c1780-c1800: corresp with JA Hamilton	Armagh Observatory		See Helferty & Refausse, Directory of Irish Archives, 1993
10	1781-1808: corresp with Sir William Herschel	Royal Astronomical Society Library	MSS Herschel	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
11	1781-99: letters (13) to Edward Pigott and John Goodricke	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	REG15/000535	See Annual Return 2015
12	1773-94: letters to Nathaniel Pigott	Royal Astronomical Society Library	MSS Pigott	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
13	1783-86: letters to John Walsh	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	FC5-8	NRA 33331 Walsh
14	corresp (16 items)	Royal Society	MS/244	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
15	1766-1811: papers incl corresp, account books, medical and veterinary recipes	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	REG09/000037	See Annual Return 2009
16	1778-1778: letter	The London Archives: City of London	B10/160 part 2