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- 1842-1855 (Creation)
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2 files
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Biographical history
John Lillie D.D. was the grandfather of the biologist Denis Gascoigne Lillie (b 1888).
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GB 0120 MSS.3286-3287 1842-1855 Collection (fonds) 2 files Lillie , John , 1806-1866 , lecturer on science
John Lillie D.D. was the grandfather of the biologist Denis Gascoigne Lillie (b 1888).
Purchased at Hodgsons', London, April 1931 (accession number 74196) and at Stevens' London, February 1935 (accession number 68563).
The collection comprises lectures on scientific subjects delivered by Lillie at the Mechanics' Institutes of Launceston and Hobart, Tasmania.
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.
English.
manuscript, loose papers.
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).
Collection level description available on-line on the Wellcome Library website
The Wellcome Library holds papers of Lillie's grandson, the biologist Denis Gascoigne Lillie (b.1888), 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.
Lillie's Lectures on Science were published at Hobart in 1839.
description compiled by Christopher Hilton based upon those in the Library's published finding aid by S.A.J. Moorat and subsequent typescript supplementary finding aids by Richard Aspin, Christopher Hilton, Keith Moore and Richard Palmer. 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. December 2000. Adult education Adult education institutions Australia Educational systems Hobart Launceston Lillie , John , 1806-1866 , lecturer on science Mechanics' Institute , Hobart, Tasmania Mechanics' Institute , Launceston, Tasmania Mechanics' Institutes Oceania Science Science education Tasmania Educational institutions
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased at Hodgsons', London, April 1931 (accession number 74196) and at Stevens' London, February 1935 (accession number 68563).
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The collection comprises lectures on scientific subjects delivered by Lillie at the Mechanics' Institutes of Launceston and Hobart, Tasmania.
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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction
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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The Wellcome Library holds papers of Lillie's grandson, the biologist Denis Gascoigne Lillie (b.1888), 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
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).
Collection level description available on-line on the Wellcome Library website
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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