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- 1767-1768 (Creation)
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2 volumes
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John Hope was Professor of Botany at Edinburgh University in 1761. He had obtained his MD at Glasgow in 1750, and was later elected FRS.
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GB 0120 MSS.2940, 2941 1767-1768 Collection 2 volumes Hope , John , 1725-1786 , Professor of Botany
John Hope was Professor of Botany at Edinburgh University in 1761. He had obtained his MD at Glasgow in 1750, and was later elected FRS.
From the Blagden Collection.
Lectures on Materia Medica. Holograph manuscript notes taken down by Sir Charles Blagden [1748-1820] when a student at Edinburgh University. Produced in Edinburgh.
As above in Scope and Content.
Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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2 vols. 8vo. 19 × 12 cm. Original boards, one wanting.
Described in: 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).
Entry compiled by Barbara Ball from the Wellcome Library online catalogue.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
October 2008 Hope , John , 1725-1786 , Professor of Botany Pharmacology Students Medical students Higher science education Medical education Blagden , Sir , Charles , 1748-1820 , Knight , physician Edinburgh University x University of Edinburgh
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From the Blagden Collection.
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Lectures on Materia Medica. Holograph manuscript notes taken down by Sir Charles Blagden [1748-1820] when a student at Edinburgh University. Produced in Edinburgh.
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As above in Scope and Content.
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Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Described in: 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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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English