New Light on the History of Isaac Newton's Library. (17th March 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- New Light on the History of Isaac Newton's Library. (17th March 2020)
- Main Title:
- New Light on the History of Isaac Newton's Library
- Authors:
- Thomson, Karen
- Abstract:
- Abstract: In the standard scholarly work, The Library of Isaac Newton published by CUP in 1978, John Harrison makes two significant assumptions about the library's early history which are incorrect. This paper highlights the necessary revisions, including the unnoticed role played by Mrs Jane Musgrave, Jane Austen's godmother, in the library's preservation. It also proposes for the first time a plausible reason why John Huggins, Warden of the Fleet Prison, bought the library from the executors immediately after Newton's death.
- Is Part Of:
- Library. Volume 21:Number 1(2020)
- Journal:
- Library
- Issue:
- Volume 21:Number 1(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 21, Issue 1 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 21
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0021-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 89
- Page End:
- 97
- Publication Date:
- 2020-03-17
- Subjects:
- Bibliography -- Periodicals
Library science -- Periodicals
010.5 - Journal URLs:
- http://library.oupjournals.org/ ↗
http://library.oxfordjournals.org/ ↗
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/the_library_the_transactions_of_the_bibliographical_society/ ↗
http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/library/21.1.89 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0024-2160
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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- British Library DSC - 5186.950000
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