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Robinson, Thomas Romney, (1792-1882), astronomer

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Surname: Robinson
Forenames: Thomas Romney
Gender: Male
Date: 1792-1882
Biography: ODNB link for Robinson, Thomas Romney (1792-1882), astronomer
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P139432 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P24523 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Thomas Romney Robinson
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and misc papers
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Add 7342, 7656
NRA 20700 Stokes
2
notebooks (8 vols)
Cambridge University: Scientific Periodicals Library
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
3
1830-81: corresp and papers
Royal Astronomical Society Library
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4
1852-54: corresp with Thomas Andrews
Science Museum Library and Archives
MS 350
NRA 43585
5
c1822-66: letters to Charles Babbage
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 37182-201 passim
6
1827-77: corresp with Sir William Rowan Hamilton
Trinity College Dublin
MS 1492
NRA 20076 Hamilton
7
1832-1869: corresp with Sir John Herschel
Royal Society
HS
NRA 8803

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
8
1840-78: letters (50) to 3rd and 4th Earls of Rosse
Birr Castle Archives
K
NRA 25548 Parsons
9
1849-51: letters to Sir Edward Sabine
The National Archives
BJ3/23