Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0117 MS/20 |
Held at | : Royal Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ › |
Full title | : Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677) |
Date(s) | : [1650-1677] |
Level of description | : Sub-fonds |
Extent | : 1 volume |
Name of creator(s) | : Barrow | Isaac | 1630-1677 | classical and mathematical scholar |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1630; Education: Charterhouse School; Felsted School (for 4 years); Peterhouse, Cambridge; Trinity College, Cambridge; BA (1648/9), MA (1652), BD (1661), DD (1666); Incorporated at Oxford (1653); tutor to Viscount Fairfax; Fellow of Trinity (1649); travelled abroad (1655-1659); Ordained (1659); Fellow of Eton College (1660); Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge (1660-1663); Professor of Geometry, Gresham College, London (1662-1663); Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge (1663-1669); Prebendary of Salisbury (1671); Chaplain to Charles II; Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1673-1677); Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge (1675-1676); died of an overdose of an opiate, 1677.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript of Isaac Barrow containing Archimedes' works on spheres and cylinders, on the dimensions of the circle, on spirals or helices and other topics.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Latin
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
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Archival Information
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Immediate source of acquisition:
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2009.
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