Thénard, Baron Louis (1777-1857), French chemist

Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

1803-1857

107 items

Purchased from: Charavay, Paris, December 1927 (acc.67371), October 1928 / April 1929 (acc.63700), October 1931 (acc.64700) and January 1932 (acc.64878); an unknown vendor, Paris, April 1930 (acc.67391); Desgranges, Paris, October 1930 (acc.63459), February 1931 (acc.64689), May 1931 (acc.64702 and 64704), September 1931 (acc.64710 and 64713), September 1932 (acc.65659) and November 1932 (acc.65667); Stevens, London, December 1930 (acc.68108), January 1931 (acc.75745), February 1931 (acc.68118) and March 1931 (acc.56477); V. Lemasle, Paris, March 1931 (acc.64023); Sotheby's, London, November 1932 (acc.58802); probably Desgranges or Charavay, Paris, circa October 1933 (acc.66365); either Desgranges, Paris, January 1936, or Glendining, London, c.1932 (acc.69292 and 69293); Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection. Acquisition details of no.2 not known, accessioned May 1938 (acc.89255); no.49 transferred to the Library from the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1964 as part of the French Collection of books and manuscripts, whose earlier provenance is not recorded (acc.311223); no provenance recorded for nos.14, 17-18, 30, 35, 43, 48, 52, 57, 61-62, 96-99 and 107.

At Wellcome Collection: Another item by Thénard is held as MS.7741/6; items by his son are held as MS.7741/3-5.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.