5 volumes of notes taken at the lectures given by John Robison.
Thomas Charles Hope: Notes from lectures given by John Robison
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- Dates of Creationc1780s
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- Language of MaterialLatin English
- Physical Description5 Volumes
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Thomas Charles Hope was born in Edinburgh in 1766, the son of John Hope who was Professor of Botany at the University of Edinburgh. He was educated at the High School, Edinburgh, and matriculated at the University of Edinburgh in 1781, graduating MD in 1787 The same year he became Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow and at Edinburgh in 1795. He succeeded Joseph Black as senior Professor in Chemistry in 1799 and held the post until 1843.
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Marked in Library shelf catalogue and on volumes as "Hope Bequest"
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Catalogued by Grant Buttars 15 May 2012