Diaries and Notes of R.S. Herries

Collection Level Description: Diaries and Notes of R.S. Herries

Reference: MSS. Eng. e. 3260-71
Title: Diaries and Notes of R.S. Herries
Dates of Creation: 1880-98
Extent: 12 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

R.S. Herries (1860-1941) was a law student at Cambridge, 1881-4, and a barrister in London, 1884-94.

Scope and Content

Diaries and notes of R.S. Herries, as a law student and a barrister, including many descriptions of travels, mainly in Great Britain, some in Europe, with the texts of two papers read to Eton (school) societies, on geology, 1880, and mathematical, mainly geometrical, problems.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was bought from Henry Bristow in 1996.

Access Conditions

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/services/admissions/).

Further Information

Finding Aids

A full description is available in the Library.

Access Points

Geology

Geometry

Law | Great Britain | 19th century

Mathematics

Diaries | 1880-1898

Herries | R S | 1860-1941 | barrister

University of Cambridge

Europe | Description and travel

Great Britain | Description and travel

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