Identity area
Reference code
Lee/Box 1a/Doc 53
Unique identifier
GB 275 Lee/Box 1a/Doc 53
Title
Copy of letter from John Lee to Rev. E. Brummell (B. A. 1837) from London.
Date(s)
- 3 May 1850 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
3p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1783-1866)
Biographical history
Traveller, astronomer, antiquary; son of John Fiott; educated at St John's College; made a tour through Europe and the East collecting objects of antiquity, 1807-10; MA 1809; assumed name of Lee by royal license, 1815; FSA, 1828; built observatory on his estate, 1830; FRS, 1831; practising member of the ecclesiastical courts till 1858; QC, 1864; published scientific and antiquarian works.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Advises he has paid overdue account. Recommends a Mr Monk as suitable candidate for a place at St Johns College.