William Whewell

(1794-1866)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Whewell, William, 1794-1866 NRA: Whewell William (1794-1866) Master of Trinity College Cambridge DNB: Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science LBT ID: WiWhewe1866 VIAF ID: 29606152 LOC ID: n50019040	B/BAP: 1794-05-24 DIED: 1866-03-06
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Writer on science; he was professor of mineralogy at Cambridge (1828-32) and master of Trinity College (1841-66).
REFERENCES TO William Whewell: Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XVIII. 1813 Found 1: ¶ 10 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 16: British Association Found 3: ¶ 2 ¶ 3 ¶ 4 John Gibson Lockhart to Charlotte Lockhart Hope, 15 March 1854 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 5 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Chapter IV Found 1: ¶ 23 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XXIV Found 2: ¶ 16 ¶ 22 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter IX Found 1: ¶ 37 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXXIV. Found 1: ¶ 62 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 23: 1853-54 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Introduction Found 1: ¶ 20