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Harcourt, William Venables Vernon, (1789-1871), Canon of York chemist

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Surname: Harcourt
Forenames: William Venables Vernon
Gender: Male
Date: 1789-1871
Biography: ODNB link for Harcourt, William Venables Vernon (1789-1871), Canon of York chemist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P130249 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P12964 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Venables Vernon Harcourt
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
c1863-70: notebook
Cambridge University: Scientific Periodicals Library
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
2
1842-61: diary of chemical experiments
See information in published source
See HMC Scientists Guide file: letter of 2/8/91
3
c1801-69: family corresp
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Harcourt
NRA 3679
4
1831-39: corresp with Charles Babbage
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 37186-200 passim
5
1831-69: corresp with James David Forbes and his son
St Andrews University Library
msdep7
NRA 13132
6
1826-67: letters to Roderick Impey Murchison
Geological Society of London
M/V 5
NRA 28354 Geological Soc
7
1841-43: corresp with Sir Robert Peel
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 40494, 40530-31
8
c1862-71: corresp with Sir George Stokes (145 items)
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Add 7342, 7656
NRA 20700 Stokes