Identity area
Reference code
Lee/Box 1b/Doc 65
Unique identifier
GB 275 Lee/Box 1b/Doc 65
Title
Statement written by John Lee, with signature of Archimandrite Payssio
Date(s)
- 22 June 1824 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1p 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
Gives situation of Archimandrite Payssio. Includes names of possible benefactors and members of Society for the Relief of Greeks, and information regarding donations and possible future employment for the Archimandrite.