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
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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