Willis, The Reverand Robert (1800-1875)

Five letters from Willis; one regarding a speech he is to make, 28 Sep 1862; one to Editor of the Athenaeum enclosing a summary of his History of Eton (not present), 30 Jul 1866; one to unknown recipient turning down his request concerning the Abbey Church at Bath, 14 Aug 1868; one to [Hartehouse] inviting him and his wife for dinner, undated; note with a diagram to be inserted into a publication, undated.

1860s

5 items

Provenance details not recorded (acc.67430); Purchased from Stevens, London, April 1931 (acc.68566); Purchased from Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection; Purchased from Stevens, London, September 1930 (acc.56557).

Professor of natural and experimental philosophy at Cambridge University. Architect with international reputation as a mechanical engineer. A brilliant lecturer who used his own working models to illustrate. Published A system of Apparatus for the use of lecturers and experimenters in Mechanical Philosophy in 1851.