Journal of the Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Oxford

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0117 MS/216
Held at	: Royal Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ ›
Full title	: Journal of the Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Oxford
Date(s)	: c 1685
Level of description	: Sub-fonds
Extent	: 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Musgrave | William | 1655–1721 | physician and antiquary
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1655; educated at Winchester College; at New College, Oxford, 1675-1682; FRS, 1684; second secretary of the Royal Society and edited the Philosophical Transactions; formed the Philosophical Society of Oxford, 1685; practised in Oxford; practised in Exeter, 1691-; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1692; died, 1721.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The Journal of the Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Oxford, by William Musgrave, original journal in two volumes; transcribed from the original Minute Books in the Ashmolean Museum.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2009.