Lillie, John (1806-1866)
- Lillie, John, 1806-1866, lecturer on science
- Date:
- 1842-1855
- Reference:
- MSS.3286-3287
- Archives and manuscripts
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About this work
Description
The collection comprises lectures on scientific subjects delivered by Lillie at the Mechanics' Institutes of Launceston and Hobart, Tasmania.
Publication/Creation
1842-1855
Physical description
2 files manuscript, loose papers.
Contributors
Acquisition note
Purchased at Hodgsons', London, April 1931 (acc.74196) and at Stevens' London, February 1935 (acc.68563).
Biographical note
John Lillie D.D. was the grandfather of the biologist Denis Gascoigne Lillie (1888-1963).
Related material
At Wellcome Collection: Papers of Lillie's grandson the biologist Denis Gascoigne Lillie (b.1888) are held as MSS.3259-3285 and 5252-5254. Among these, MS.5254, comprising correspondence and very miscellaneous papers, includes material on earlier generations of the Lillie family, among them letters to John Lillie D.D.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
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Identifiers
Accession number
- 68563 and 74196