Kingsley, Charles (1819-1875) author
- Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875.
- Date:
- 1860-1871
- Reference:
- MS.5420
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Letters by Charles Kingsley to his friend Dr William Henry Ackland (c. 1825-1898), of Bideford, Devon.
Publication/Creation
1860-1871
Physical description
5 items
Contributors
Acquisition note
Deposited by Dr M J Littlewood, 1986. Cf. MSS. 5410-5419.
Biographical note
Kingsley served as godfather to Ackland's son, Charles Kingsley Ackland.
Related material
At Wellcome Collection:
Further letters by Kingsley are held as MS.8488. MS.3108 comprises the Morning sermon on the Day of Humiliation for Cholera Oct. 5. 1849 preached by Kingsley at Eversley, Hampshire. Kingsley also occurs as a correspondent in papers of Sir Richard Owen (MS.5786), George Rolleston (MS.6119) and Charles Lyell (MS.7878).
A letter by Kingsley's brother George Henry Kingsley (1827-1892), physician and author, in which he describes the literary circles to which Charles has introduced him, is held as MS.7838. Letters by George's daughter Mary Kingsley (1862-1900), traveller and writer, are held as MS.8489.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
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Accession number
- acc. 347629