Thomas Charles Hope: Notes from lectures given by John Robison

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-1371
• Dates of Creation:c1780s
• Name of Creator:
  Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh)
• Language of Material:Latin English
• Physical Description:
  5 Volumes

• Scope and Content

  5 volumes of notes taken at the lectures given by John Robison.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  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.

• Access Information

  Access should be unrestricted but please check in advance of any consultation.

• Acquisition Information

  Marked in Library shelf catalogue and on volumes as "Hope Bequest"

• Archivist's Note

  Catalogued by Grant Buttars 15 May 2012

• Personal Names

  Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh)

  Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh)

• Corporate Names

  University of Edinburgh (Scottish University)