Papers of J. Cook Wilson

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Top. Oxon. c. 580-4
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1878-1928
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 5 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Papers of J. Cook Wilson, consisting of:

  • Miscellaneous personal papers and correspondence, 1878-1915
  • Papers and accounts of the executors of Wilson and his wife, 1914-28
  • Miscellaneous items, 1881-1927, including accounts books and a catalogue of Wilson's library

Administrative / Biographical History

John Cook Wilson (1849-1915) was Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The papers were given to the Library by Morrell, Peel & Gamlen, solicitors, of Oxford, in 1970.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 54781-5.

Subjects

Philosophers