Warner Collection: material relating to the physiologist William Prout (1785-1850)

  • Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842
Date:
1817-1851
Reference:
MSS.8193-8201
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

The collection comprises published works by William Prout or relating to him; it also includes a set of the Bridgewater Treatises.

Publication/Creation

1817-1851

Physical description

17 items 21 printed volumes.

Acquisition note

Deposited by Sir Edward and Colonel P.E.H. Warner, 1968 and 1974.

Biographical note

The Bridgewater Treatises represented in this collection were the result of a bequest of £8000 to the Royal Society by the Earl of Bridgewater, to finance the publication of a work or works "on the power, wisdom, and goodness, of God, as manifested in the creation". Eight were completed.

Related material

At Wellcome Collection: Manuscripts by Prout are held as MSS.4011-4019. Papers of Peter Mark Roget are held as MS.7543 and isolated letters by him also occur as MS.7108/11, MS.7402/5 and MS.7847/31. Various editions of the Bridgewater treatises are held in the Library's collection of printed books.

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Accession number

  • 315937