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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
LIB - Printed volumes and other printed material, mostly on Sir John Franklin and related topics - 1714-1994
2 - Books identified as having been in the possession of Eleanor Anne Porden, first wife of Sir John Franklin - 1714-1821
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/LIB/2/7
Former Reference
D3311/143
Title
"Outlines of Geology", by William Thomas Brande
Date
1817
Description
Comprising a series of six lectures delivered in the Theatre of the Royal Institution in 1816.
Published by John Murray, London.
Front cover loose detached, labelled John Philip Gell on the inside; likely to have been copy of his mother-in-law Eleanor Anne Porden, who regularly attended Royal Institution lectures.
Extent
1 volume
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format
Printed
Language
English
Term
Geology
Lectures (teaching method)
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Porden; Eleanor Anne (1795-1825); poet and first wife of explorer Sir John Franklin
Gell; John Philip (1816-1898); Anglican clergyman
Brande; William Thomas (1788-1866); Chemist
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