Charles R.C. Tichborne journal, correspondence, etc.
Overview
The journal (1872-1873) is interspersed with letters received (1872-1874), programs, announcements of lectures, matter relating to learned societies (1872-1892).
Dates
- Creation: 1872 - 1884
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Charles R.C. Tichborne
Charles R. C. Tichborne, active 1857-1885, was a chemist, lecturer, and amateur musician in Dublin and the Dublin suburb Blackrock. He was secretary of the Apothecaries Hall of Ireland; interested in public health (adulteration, poisonous lead water-pipes, gas, smallpox, food reports, analysis of spa water) and therefore concerned with Dublin city politics. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy, the Royal Geological Society of Ireland, and the Royal Dublin Society and takes interest in their proceedings and scientific controversies (his rivals are Prof. Cameron and J. Emerson Reynolds). He published extensively, particularly in the "Medical Press". He gave public lectures on Faraday and on molecular dissociation, and offers courses in pharmacology. After May 1872 he received an honorary Ph.D.; in 1873 he obtained the Chair of Chemistry in Carmichael School; in 1875 he became Examiner in Chemistry, Trinity College.
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
The Journal is interspersed with letters, programmes, announcements of lectures and courses, clippings, etc. Correspondents include: Sir Samuel Ferguson, 1810-1886; D.R. Pigot, 1797-1873; Sir Robert Prescott Stewart, 1825-1894; Mary Power Lalor; (John S?) Gairdner, of London, Blackrock, and Rome, active 1872-1883 (probably William Tennant Gairdner's brother); various societies; James Culinck (?) (musician); R.W. Buckey (?) of Kingstown; Boileau, druggist in Dublin; Henry Loveridge, of Tettenhall, Wolverhampton. There are also 3 letters from his father, Samuel W.L. Tichborne, 1801-1879, and an obituary on p. 43-46. An 1873 list of Tichborne's publications is at p. 41.
Physical Location
MS C226
Physical Location
MS P389
Custodial History
Armorial bookplate: Chas. R.C. Tichborne.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Mrs. P.S. O'Hegarty, 1959.
- Title
- Guide to the Charles R.C. Tichborne Collection
- Subtitle
- Charles R.C. Tichborne journal, correspondence, etc.
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1973. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006. Finding aid revised by ksc, 2006; mwh, 2020.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2901023914
- Preferred citation
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Charles R.C. Tichborne Collection, Department of Special Collections, MS C226, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository