Henry Cavendish

(1731-1810)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cavendish, Henry, 1731-1810 DNB: Cavendish, Henry (1731–1810), natural philosopher LBT ID: HeCaven1810 VIAF ID: 67259523 LOC ID: n86866622	B/BAP: 1731-10-10 DIED: 1810-02-24
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Grandson of the second duke of Devonshire; he was educated at Cambridge and devoted himself to natural philosophy.
REFERENCES TO Henry Cavendish: Airlie, Mabell, Countess of, 1866-1956, In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Forward Found 1: ¶ n1