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
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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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Identifiers
Accession number
- 315937