GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-
110
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1488)
Title
Birch's Biographical Collection, Vol. IV
Shelfmark
Add MS 4224
Creation Date
ca. 1730 - 1766
Repository
Contents Note
Biographical works and memoranda, together with miscellaneous notes including extracts relating to Cambridge men, "Alphabetical List of Lives" by Edward Harley, "Kalendrium Carlananum", critical notes by A.A. Sykes on Phlegon's account of an eclipse, notes on Appius Claudius III, and note of a sermon preached by Dr. Thomas Gooch, among other materials.
Material Features
Paper, folio.
Associated People
Provenance
Made by or for Thomas Birch as part of his collection of biographical notices.
Acquisition
Bequeathed by Thomas Birch to the British Museum upon his death in 1766.
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Jeanne Shami; British Library Finding Aid for Manuscripts Collected by Thomas Birch
GEMMS record created
May 19, 2021
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024