Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769-1822 (explorer and professor)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1769 - 1822
Biography
Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822), antiquary, mineralogist and University Librarian, was a student at Jesus College from 1785 and a Fellow from 1795 to 1806. The publication of his travel journals from this latter period, in six vols (1810-23), gained him fame as an explorer. He was ordained in 1805 and appointed vicar of Harlton, Cambs.; from 1809 he was also rector of Yeldham, Essex. He was Professor of Mineralogy at Cambridge from 1808 and University Librarian from 1817 until his death.
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
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Add.9450/C4/48, 1800 - 1820
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9450/C4/48
Scope and Contents
Printed notice of enlarged access to his lectures and collections
Dates:
1800 - 1820
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Add.9450/C10/78-118, 1803-1815 (c.1803-15)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9450/C10/78-118
Scope and Contents
Letters to John Hailstone
Dates:
1803-1815 (c.1803-15)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville: Letter to E.D. Clarke, 1817
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/574
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1817
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
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Clarke-Newling Correspondence
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7082
Scope and Contents
Correspondence mainly from members of the Clarke family of Shropshire to the Newling family, of which many are from William Clarke (d 1771) antiquary, and from E. D. Clarke (d 1822), the traveller, later Cambridge University Librarian.
Volume with sheets, mostly correspondence, running to number 115 mounted inside. Other items include newspaper cuttings and ledger pages. Item numbered 1 missing, items 2-3 loose in front of item.
Dates:
1748-1810 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Series
Correspondence of Edward D. Clarke (1767-1822), Professor of Mineralogy, 11 July 1809-5 Mar. 1820 (Circa)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8781/102-110
Dates:
11 July 1809-5 Mar. 1820 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous letters
Fonds
Edward Daniel Clarke: Correspondence to T. King, Edward Chappell, and Thomas Cadell, 1816-1821
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/267-269
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1816-1821
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
Fonds
Edward Daniel Clarke: Correspondence to T.J. Matthias, 1809-1814
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/265-266
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1809-1814
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
Fonds
John Spencer Smith: Correspondence to Edward Pearson and E.D. Clarke, 1809
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/1326-1327
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1809
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
Series
Letter from Edward A. Clarke (1769-1822) to Robert Everest, 5 Dec. 1820
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8781/111
Scope and Contents
He insists on paying for a geological specimen
Dates:
5 Dec. 1820
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous letters
File
Letters of E.D. Clarke to James Sowerby, 1804-1821
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9750/41-42
Scope and Contents
Comprises: letter to James Sowerby dated 19 Nov. 1804; letter to James Sowerby dated 4 May 1821.
Dates:
1804-1821
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous accessions
Fonds
Notes of experiments in the production of self-igniting matches
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3830
Dates:
1813
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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On hearing it said that George Browne had suddenly become serious. A Georgic, Dec. 1812-Dec 1812
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.2766.2
Scope and Contents
Addressed on verso to John Marten Cripps, of Epsom, Surrey.
Dates:
Dec. 1812-Dec 1812
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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