Faraday, Michael, (1791-1867), natural philosopher

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Surname:	Faraday
Forenames:	Michael
Gender:	Male
Date:	1791-1867
Biography:	ODNB link for Faraday, Michael (1791-1867), natural philosopher
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P132984 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P9698 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Michael Faraday

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and papers incl notebooks	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives		NRA 39907 Faraday
2	1813-65: corresp and papers	Royal Institution of Great Britain	F	NRA 9522
3	notebook and papers	Royal Society		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4	c1825-35: papers	Wellcome Collection	MSS.2332-2334
5	papers and notes rel to lectures at IEE	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	NAEST 152	NRA 20573 IEE misc
6	corresp (184 items)	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		NRA 8908 Faraday
7	1812-15: corresp with Benjamin Abbott	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	SC Mss 127	NRA 20573 IEE misc
8	1838-62: corresp with Sir George Airy	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	RGO MSS 938-51
9	1842-56: corresp (13 items) with Thomas Andrews	Queens University, Belfast	MS2/13	NRA 33866 Andrews
10	1842-52: corresp (18 items) with Thomas Andrews	Science Museum Library and Archives	MS 350	NRA 43585
11	1825-64: letters (39) to Charles Babbage	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37183-200 passim
12	1836-57: letters (17) to IK Brunel	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM1306	NRA 28085 Brunel
13	1818-61: corresp with C and A De La Rive	Bibliotheque Publique et Universitaire de Geneve		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
14	1840-65: letters (14) to JB Dumas	Institut de France : Academie des Sciences		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
15	1832-59: corresp with James Forbes	University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, University Collections and Museums Directorate	msdep7	NRA 13132
16	letters (29) to WR Grove	Royal Institution of Great Britain	Sir William Robert Grove Collection	NRA 9522
17	letters to JJ Guest	Glamorgan Archives	D/DG C.2	NRA 9506 Glamorgan scientific
18	letters (40) to Sir John Herschel	Royal Society	HS	NRA 8803
19	1833-55: corresp with Sir Thomas Phillipps	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Phillipps-Robinson	NRA 26260
20	1842-57: letters to Lyon Playfair	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	L. Playfair	NRA 11556 Playfair
21	1847-63: corresp with J Pluckner (47 items)	National Research Council of Canada		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
22	1837-65: corresp with A Quetelet	Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
23	1834-48: letters (11) to Mary Somerville	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	NRAS191	NRA 9423
24	1839-62: letters to Sir George Stokes etc	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
25	1831-60: corresp with William Whewell (94 items)	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	WHEWELL	NRA 8804
26	1820-63: letters	See information in published source		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
27	1829-46: letters	Royal Military Academy Library		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
28	1835-36: notes of lectures taken by Maria Herries	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	SC Mss 152	See Annual Return 1997
29	1836: letter to Benjamin Abbott	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	SC MSS 181	See Annual Return 2004
30	1828-1936: scientific corresp relating to instruments by Faraday, Beckley, Galton (statistician) and J Clerk Maxwell (physicist)	Royal Society	MS/894