Volume 1

William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge : an account of his writings with selections from his literary and scientific correspondence / by I. Todhunter.

  • Isaac Todhunter
Date:
1876
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    Names of some of the persons mentioned in the letters ; see Preface, page xv. The figures give the pages of the second volume where the names occur; if anything is known respecting the persons it is added. Acland, 308. Adamson, Dr, 233. Alison, Mrs, 356. She was the wife of Dr Alison, brother of Sir Archibald Alison. Attree, 63, 75. Nephew of Mrs Jones. Atwood, George, 438. Third wrangler and First Smith’s Prizeman in 1769. Author of a celebrated work on Me- chanics. Badnall, 195, 200. Bankes, 54. Probably W. J. Bankes who was elected M.P. for the University in 1822. Blackstone, 44. Blake, 281. See page xxxv of Jones’s Literary Remains. Bonomi, 89. Brown, 143. Robert Brown the botanist. Campbell, Lady, 159. Daughter of Sir J. Malcolm. Clary, 217. Collier, William, 438. Sixth wrangler in 1762, afterwards Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge. Fitton, William Henry, 143. An eminent geologist. Higgin, William, 10. He studied at Lancaster Grammar School and Trinity College; B.A. in 1817, and finally Bishop of Derry. Hudson, John, 14. B.A. in 1797; Tutor of Trinity College and afterwards Vicar of Kendal. There is a tra- dition that Mr Hudson observed the great ability displayed by Dr Whewell when a youth, and advised him to proceed to Cambridge. Jerrard, G. B., 229. An eminent mathe- matician, member of the University of Dublin. Jones, Thomas, 438. Senior wrangler in 1779. A famous Tutor of Trinity College. A portrait of him and a monumental slab exist at the Col- lege. Kennedy, 101. Probably employed at the University Press. Lawrence, 86. Lonsdale, 184. Curator of the Museum of the Geological Society. Lunn, Francis, 83. See Vol. I. page 35. Lyall, 352. Mackreth, T., 14. A clergyman in Lan- cashire, a friend and correspondent of Dr Whewell. Magrath, 219. Marchesa, 160, 198. See Spineto. Morton, Pierce, 59; known as a mathe- matician, sixth wrangler in 1825. Murphy, Robert, 229. An eminent ma- thematician, third wrangler in 1829. Pentland, 166, 189, 412. Postlethwaite, Thomas, 438. Third wrangler in 1753; Master of Trinity College in 1789. Ritchie, William, 86. Formerly Pro- fessor of Natural Philosophy in University College, London; inven- tor of a photometer. Rose, Stewart, 203. Probably the trans- lator of Ariosto; see also the Intro- duction to the first Canto of Mar- mion. Rutherford, 313. Formerly Lord Advo- cate. Saxton, 200. Sharpe, Edmund, 192. Of St John’s College; B.A. in 1833 ; an eminent architect. Slegg, Michael, 8, 9, 23. An able man, contemporary with Dr Whewell at College; want of health prevented him from distinguishing himself.
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