Letters (dated 1793-1865); correspondence between Thomas Smart Hughes and John Lee and other documents relating to Payssio Tipaldo, Archimandrite of Cephalonia (dated 1824-5); diaries and sketchbooks
Papers of John Lee
This material is held atSt John's College Library Special Collections, University of Cambridge
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- GB 275 Lee
- Dates of Creation
- 1793–1865
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English Italian
- Physical Description
- 87 items paper
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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.
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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.
Preferred citation: St John's College Library, Papers of John Lee
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19 Sep 2005
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