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Key Papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ADD 46

Held at: University College London

Title: Key Papers

Date(s): c1840-1875

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 folders

Name of creator(s): Key | Thomas Hewitt | 1799-1875 | classicist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Thomas Key was the son of a London physician and he studied medicine at Trinity College Cambridge. However, he was very interested in the sciences and political economy, and accepted the offer of the Chair of Mathematics at the University of Virginia. He was not happy in America and returned to England in 1827. He was appointed Professor of Latin at University College London in 1828. In addition he became in 1831 Headmaster, with Henry Malden, of University College School. In 1842 he resigned from the Chair of Latin, to become the sole Headmaster of the school and first Professor of Comparative Grammar. He held these posts until his death in 1875. Key published a Latin Grammar in 1846 and a Latin Dictionary posthumously in 1888. He was also one of the founders of a Society for Philological Inquiries, a member of the Committee of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and one of the founders of the London Library.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript lecture notes and papers concerning Latin and philology.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Conditions governing access:

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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Draft handlist available. Please contact Special Collections for further information

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Presented to University College London Library by A L Godden.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: 1999


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Latin | Indo-european languages
Literary analysis | Literature

Personal names
Key | Thomas Hewitt | 1799-1875 | classicist

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