Identity area
Reference code
Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/32/1
Unique identifier
GB 275 Adams/Box 35-38/Box 38/32/1
Title
Copy of letter to A. De Morgan
Date(s)
- 15 Mar. 1849 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
3 sheets 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.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Neptune: James Jerwood. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.