Gilbert, Davies, (1767-1839), MP, scientist, antiquary

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Alternative name(s):	Davies Giddy (Formerly known as)
Surname:	Gilbert
Forenames:	Davies
Gender:	Male
Date:	1767-1839
Biography:	ODNB link for Gilbert, Davies (1767-1839), MP scientist antiquary
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P131062 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P11247 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1780-1839: corresp and papers	Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office)	DG	NRA 9190
2	1800-1833: corresp (32 items)	Royal Institution of Cornwall		NRA 9188 Royal Inst
3	1820-1833: letters (26) to Charles Babbage	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37182-85, 37205
4	transcripts of Cornish prose and verse	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Corn.c.3
5	1812-1826: letters to H Boase	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 29281
6	1811-1816: letters (10) to Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	43.388	NRA 38865 Osborn colln
7	1793-1835: letters (14) to John Hawkins	Kresen Kernow (formerly Cornwall Record Office)	Hawkins papers	NRA 10617 Hawkins
8	1826-1830: letters (32) to Sir John Herschel	Royal Society	HS	NRA 8803
9	1830-1835: letters (18) to Sir John Lubbock	Royal Society	JWL	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
10	1821-1836: letters (26) to Gideon Algernon Mantell	National Library of New Zealand: Alexander Turnbull Library	MS-Group-0305	NRA 40579 See Microfilm copies (ref.XA 64) at East Sussex R.O.
11	1822-1835: corresp with Sir Robert Peel	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40347, 40394, 40397, 40411
12	corresp with Richard Trevithick	Royal Cornwall Museum		See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
13	1815-1831: corresp. with Richard Trevithick, chiefly concerning the design and efficiency of steam-engines	Science Museum Library and Archives	MS347