English Language Autograph Letters: Leach-Leslie

William Elford Leach - Letter to Père d'Orbigny, 27 April 1818 with a note attached to Docteur Leach from Père d'Orbigny, n.d.; Letter, with a sketch, to the Reverend William Buckland, Professor of Natural History, Oxford, sent from Spitchwick Park, near Ashburton, 18 August 1823; Letter to G.B. Sowerby from Spitchwick Park, 13 January 1824; Two letters to William Clift, one from Malta, 28 October 1832 and one addressed to My Dear Sir, n.d.; Manuscript catalogue entitled Crustaceorum et Insectorum quo Museo Leachii desiderata sunt catalogus with the inscription inside, 'ab amico sus P.A. Latreille petit W.E. Leach', 6 pages, n.d.

Albert W.D. Leahy - Two letters to James Shuter, one on Charing Cross Hospital Medical School headed paper, sent to 3 Warwick Street, Pall Mall, 19 July 1882, and one on Charing Cross Hospital headed paper, 21 July 1882?

William Martin Leake - Letter to John Murray from 26 Nottingham Place, 16 April 1818; Six letters addressed to Dear Sir - two sent from Richmond, 27 August 18--? and 11 September 18--?, two dated 9 and 11 October 18--?, and two sent from 4 Paragon, Ramsgate, 22 and 28? October 18--?

W.C. Le Breton - Letter sent from Jersey to Mr. Corner (perhaps George Corner, solicitor and antiquary, d. 1863) recommending Dr. John Hine? as assistant physician at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 13 April 1854.

Francis Lee - One prescription headed 'Francis Lee M.D. late of the Royal College of Physicians, London, His Balsamick Drops. They are a great restorer and preserver of decayed lungs, or any disorder of the body or bowels... , n.d.

Henry Lee, surgeon - Letter to an unnamed recipient, 1 December 1853; Letter, 14 December 1882, and card, 3 December? 1882, both headed 9 Savile Row, referring to the 'Stone' Testimonial.

Henry Lee, naturalist - Letter to William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879), historian and traveller, sent from Croydon, 7 April 1875; Letter to My dear Hogg, sent from Croydon, 27 May 1875; Part of a letter to E.W. Cooke, Fellow of the Royal Society, n.d.

John Lee, principal - Letter to an unnamed recipient, sent from Edinburgh, regarding James Burgh's Crito, and the life of Burgh written by Dr. A Kippis.

John Lee, collector and astronomer - Four letters sent from Doctors Commons - letter to an unnamed recipient, 19 December 1837, letter to J. Hobler, 27 February 1840, letter of presentation to Mr. Smith, 23 December 1840 and a letter to J. Gale, 24 December 1845; Two letters to Sir Henry Dillon, one sent from Stranraer, 29 August 1852 and one from Doctors Commons, 27 October 1856?; Letter with an engraved vignette of Alnwick Castle, to Admiral Smyth (1788-1865), scientific writer, sent from Doctors Commons (D.C.), 23 November 1859.

Robert Lee - Letter to an unnamed recipient, sent from 14 Golden Square, 25 April 1840; Letter to an unnamed recipient sent from 4 Savile Row, 22 July 1846; Four letters (one torn) sent to Dr. Sharpey from Golden Square, dated 30 November 1840, 2 December 1840, 7 August 1846 and 1 December 1846; Fragment of a letter with Robert Lee's signature, n.d.

T. Lee - One prescription, 8 September 1827.

Henry Beaumont Leeson - Letter to W.T. Brande (1788-1866), chemist, sent from St. Thomas's Hospital, regarding his displacement as official referee to the Gas Company of London, 19 December 18--?

Thomas Leighton - Letter to an unnamed recipient regarding their work on Westminster Abbey, which Leighton thinks is too good for his collection - he has spoken to Edward and Henry Harman, who will take it, n.d.

William Allport Leighton - Three letters to Samuel Simpson, Lancaster, sent from Shrewsbury, 22 and 29 December 1841, and 15 January 1842; Letter to an unnamed recipient, from Shrewsbury, 20 September 1844; Letter to James Backhouse, from Shrewsbury, 21 August 1852; Note to an unnamed recipient, from Shrewsbury, 12 September 18--?; Four pages of botanical notes on 2 sheets, n.d.; Letter to Leighton from C.E. Broome, 3 November 1866; Letter to Leighton, from Mr.? Cooke, 2 Grosvenor Villas, 26 August 1872; Letter to Leighton, from Mr. Joshua, Cirencester, 7 March 1879; Letter to Leighton from Viaud Grand-Marais, Nantes, 13 March 1879; Letter to Leighton from John E. Tise?, 1 May 1879; Letter to Leighton from Munich, 17 June 1879; Letter to Leighton from Vendée, France, 29 July 1879; Letter to Leighton from C. Roumeguère, Toulouse, 9 September 1879; Letter to Leighton, 11 September 1879; Note for a subscription copy of Leighton's Lichen Flora of Great Britain, n.d.

Sir William Boog Leishman - Letter to Dear Brown, 2 May 1912 on Royal Army Medical College headed paper

William Lemprière - Note sent from Worcester to Messrs. Cadell and Davies, booksellers, requesting delivery of six copies of his Tour to Morocco, 1 June 1817

Peter Le Neve - Receipt signed by Le Neve, from the Excize, 25 December 1682.

Henry Leslie - Certificate in favour of Miss Lloyd, who "is suffering from formidable soreness of throat, and is quite incapable to taking part in any musical performance", 13 July 18--?

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Purchased from Stevens, London, January 1929 (acc.89269), September 1930 (acc.56557), March 1931 (acc.56482), March 1931 (acc.56483), March 1931 (acc.56485), May 1931 (acc.68158), August 1931 (acc.68223), September 1932 (acc.89090); Sotheby's, London, November 1931 (acc.75332), December 1931 (acc.75871), July 1932 (acc.65271), November 1933 (acc.67469); Desgranges, Paris, November 1932 (acc.65667), October 1935 (acc.69099); Glendining, London, January 1932 (acc.67614), April 1935 (acc. 68576); Purchased from Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection; Purchased from J.L.M. Gulley, London, January 1996 (acc.350150); Transferred from store, February 1934, acquisition details not known (67433); Transferred from Wellcome store February 1935, previous provenance not noted (acc.67399); Transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, c.1939 (acc.91800); Provenance details not recorded (acc.67430); Provenance not known (acc.89396).

Leach, William Elford (1790-1836), naturalist, zoologist and marine biologist. Studied medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital,and at Edinburgh. M.D. Edinburgh, 1812. Assistant Librarian at the British Museum, 1813, and Assistant-Keeper of the Natural History Department there, 1821. Fellow of the Royal Society, 1817. Author of important works on crustacea.

Leahy, Albert W.D. (1855-1917).

Leake, William Martin (1777-1860), classical topographer and numismatist, grandson of Stephen Martin Leake. With his regiment in the West Indies, 1794-1798. Employed in instructing Turkish troops at Constantinople, 1799 and travelled in Asia Minor, 1800. Engaged in a general survey of Egypt, 1801-1802 and of European Turkey and Greece, 1804-1807. Chiefly known for the topographical researches set out in his Athens, 1821, Morea in 1830, and northern Greece, 1835.

Le Breton, W.C. (William Corbet), (fl. 1854), reverend. Dean of Jersey. Father of actress Lillie Langtry.

Lee, Francis (1661-1719), miscellaneous writer and physician, entered St. John's College, Oxford in 1679, gained B.A., 1683 and M.A., 1687. Studied medicine at Leiden in 1692 and became a Medical Doctor. In 1694 he became a disciple of the mystic Jane Lead, and in 1697 was one of the founders of the Philadelphian Society, although he distanced himself from this later. In 1708, he became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians.

Lee, Henry (1817-1898). Surgeon. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Worked at St. George's Hospital and King's College Hospital.

Lee, Henry (1826-1888). Naturalist to the Brighton Aquarium, 1872, and wrote a popular account of the octopus in 1874.

Lee, John (1779-1859). Principal of Edinburgh University. Medical Doctor, 1801. Licensed as a preacher in 1807, and became professor of church history at St. Mary's College, St. Andrews, 1812-1821. In 1821 he became Minister of the Canongate Church in Edinburgh, and gained a Doctor of Divinity at St. Andrews. In 1830 he became Chaplain in Ordinary to the King, and was Principal of Edinburgh University, 1840-1859.

Lee, John (1783-1866), collector of antiquities, man of science and astronomer. Son of John Fiott, he assumed the name Lee by royal license in 1815. Became a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1824 and its president, 1861-1863. In 1828, he became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831. Lee was one of the founders of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1850, becoming its president from 1855-1857. He was a practising member of the ecclesiastical courts until 1858, and Queen's Counsel in 1864.

Lee, Robert (1793-1877), obstetrician. Became a Medical Doctor at Edinburgh University, 1814. He was physician to Prince Woronzow, Governor-General of the Crimea, 1824-1826, and in 1830 became a Fellow of the Royal Society. From 1835-1866 he was a lecturer on midwifery and diseases of women at St. George's Hospital, and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1841.

Lee, T.? (fl. 1827), Dublin doctor.

Leeson, Henry Beaumont (1803-1872), physician and chemist - Graduated as a Medical Doctor at Oxford University in 1840, and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He was a physician and lecturer on chemistry and forensic medicine at St. Thomas's Hospital, 1840-1852, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1849. He also belonged to the Cambridge Philosophical Society, the Chemical Society and the Royal Institution.

Leighton, Thomas, n.d.

Leighton, William Allport (1805-1889), botanist. Educated at St. John's College, Cambridge and graduated with a B.A. in 1833. Published Flora of Shropshire in 1841, and other works including Lichen Flora of Great Britain in 1871.

Leishman, Sir William Boog (1865-1926), bacteriologist. He gained a Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.) and Master of Surgery (C.M.) from Glasgow University, and entered the Army Medical Service in 1887. He was famous for his work on anti-typhoid inoculation and kala-azar. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1910.

Lemprière, William (d. 1834), traveller and medical writer. Entered the Army Medical Service and by 1789 was working at the army garrison in Gibraltar. In this year he went to Morocco where he attended the Emperor's son, and women of the harem. During the 1790s he was army surgeon in Jamaica.

Le Neve, Peter (1661-1729), herald and Norfolk antiquary. Educated at the Merchant Taylor's School from 1673. He was president of the the Antiquarian Society, 1687-1724, and appointed Rouge Croix pursuivant in 1690. In 1704 he was appointed Richmond herald and Norroy king of arms, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society from 1712.

Leslie, Henry (1822-1896), composer and conductor.