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Askew, Anthony, ?1722-1774 (physician and book collector)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: ?1722 - 1774

Biography

Anthony Askew (1722-72), physician, matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1741 (M.B. 1745, M.D. 1750);

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

 Fonds

Anthony Askew: Notes on optics, hydrostatics and astronomy

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9316
Scope and Contents

Thomas Rutherforth, Ordo institutionum physicarum in privatis lectionibus, Cambridge, 1743, followed by 241 pages of notes on optics, mechanics, hydrostatics, and astronomy, in the hands of several writers, which probably include Anthony Askew. At the end are printed diagrams from Rutherforth's book.

Dates: 1743 (Circa)
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