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Journal of the Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Oxford


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS/216

Held at: Royal Society

Title: Journal of the Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Oxford

Date(s): c 1685

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Musgrave | William | 1655–1721 | physician and antiquary

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1655; educated at Winchester College; at New College, Oxford, 1675-1682; FRS, 1684; second secretary of the Royal Society and edited the Philosophical Transactions; formed the Philosophical Society of Oxford, 1685; practised in Oxford; practised in Exeter, 1691-; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1692; died, 1721.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The Journal of the Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Oxford, by William Musgrave, original journal in two volumes; transcribed from the original Minute Books in the Ashmolean Museum.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

.Bound paper volume, size 13 x 8.5 inches, 214 folios.

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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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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Personal names
Musgrave | William | 1655-1721 | physician and antiquary

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Philosophical Society of Oxford

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