Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 1789-1864 (critic and antiquary)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1789 - 1864
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Charles Wentwork Dilke (1789-1864), antiquary,editor of the 'Athenaeum' 1830-c.1845, 17 Apr. 1860-27 Sep. 1860
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9389/5/D/13-14
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection comprises mostly Joseph Bonomi's correspondence and papers, with some of his brother Ignatius Bonomi and other members of his family, especially his sister-in-law Isabella Mary Martin. The non-family correspondence includes letters with Samuel Birch, Egyptologist at the British Museum, George Spencer Cautley, rector and poet, Charles Robert Cockerell, architect, John Gibson, sculptor, James Haliburton, Egyptologist, Robert Hay, Egyptologist, Owen Jones, architect, Edward Lane,...
Dates:
17 Apr. 1860-27 Sep. 1860
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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Charles Wentworth Dilke (1789-1864), antiquary, editor of the 'Athenaeum' 1830-c.1845, 22 Mar. 1849-2 Oct. 1861
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9389/2/D/31-35
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection comprises mostly Joseph Bonomi's correspondence and papers, with some of his brother Ignatius Bonomi and other members of his family, especially his sister-in-law Isabella Mary Martin. The non-family correspondence includes letters with Samuel Birch, Egyptologist at the British Museum, George Spencer Cautley, rector and poet, Charles Robert Cockerell, architect, John Gibson, sculptor, James Haliburton, Egyptologist, Robert Hay, Egyptologist, Owen Jones, architect, Edward Lane,...
Dates:
22 Mar. 1849-2 Oct. 1861
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).
Series
Charles Wentworth Dilke I and his wife: correspondence, 1787 - 1885
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/REND 1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Roskill-Dilke section:
The Roskill-Dilke section includes all AWD's surviving letters from Russia, most of which are addressed to his paternal grandmother Caroline Duncombe Chatfield - always referred to by him as 'Dear Dragon' - and to CWD. AWD also had much correspondence 1875-81 with Russian émigrés and political refugees living in Paris, including Lopatin and Ludwik Hartmann. This evidently deals with the trial of Hartmann; but as many of the letters are written in Russian we must...
Dates:
1787 - 1885
File
Papers on Neptune and the minor planets, 1834 - 1884
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/96a
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of G.B. Airy (including many copy letters) and related papers concerning planets, including circulars, ephemerides, observations, announcements of discoveries, discussion of names and requests for information. The papers are in English unless otherwise indicated. They are divided into seven sections, comprised of the following items:Fo. 1r: List of contents.Fo. 2: Blank.Fo. 3r: Short note regarding the binding of the papers.Section 1: Papers...
Dates:
1834 - 1884
Conditions Governing Access:
The volume is currently undergoing conservation work and is unavailable to readers, although a microfilm copy may be consulted.