Dawson Turner (1775-1858) was a botanist and antiquary. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Manuscripts of Dawson Turner, including:

• Letters addressed to Edmund Henry Barker, the classical scholar
• Letters from Bishop Thomas Tanner to his uncle Thomas Moore
• Collections made by George Chalmers (d. 1825), chiefly relating to Shakespeare

The manuscripts were purchased in 1859.

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Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, nos. 28722-7.

Barker | Edmund Henry | 1788-1839 | Classical Scholar

Chalmers | George | 1742-1825 | Antiquary and Public Servant

Moore | Thomas | fl 1708-1722 | Collector of Customs

Shakespeare | William | 1564-1616 | Dramatist

Tanner | Thomas | 1674-1735 | Bishop of St Asaph and antiquary

Turner | Dawson | 1775-1858 | Botanist and Antiquary