Comprises manuscript essay by John Williams, Food of Plants 1842, and a biographical note on his father written by John Williams, junior, 1902.
John Williams Papers
This material is held atArchifdy Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University Archives
- Reference
- GB 222 BMSS WILJ
- Dates of Creation
- 1842 - 1902
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 2 items
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
John Williams (1801 - 1859) naturalist and physician was born in Llansanffraid, in the Conwy valley, north Wales. He was educated at Liverpool and apprenticed to his elder brother William, a physician and apothecary at Abergele. He later studied at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin and practiced as a physician in Wales at Corwen and Wrexham. He moved to California in 1849 during the gold rush, where he intended to combine working as a physician with gold prospecting, but he was robbed and suffered ill health and returned to Wrexham in 1853. He is the author of Faunula Grustensis: being an outline of the natural contents of the parish of Llanrwst(1830).
Arrangement
Material is arranged in chronological order and incorporated into the General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts .
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Donated to the University of Wales, Bangor by John Williams, junior, vicar of Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire in 1902.
Note
Description compiled by Anne Lenaghan, June 2002.
Other Finding Aids
Item level word-processed list is available at the Archives Department, University of Wales, Bangor. Reference number: General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts: 200
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