Dr Thomas Plume, 1630-1704 : his life and legacies in Essex, Kent and Cambridge / edited by R. A. Doe and C.C. Thornton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Doe, Tony, editor.

Thornton, Christopher (Historian), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philanthropists--Great Britain--Biography.

Philanthropists.

Great Britain.

Astronomers--Great Britain--Biography.

Astronomers.

Clergy--Great Britain--Biography.

Clergy.

Plume, Thomas, 1630-1704.

Plume, Thomas.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xix, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hatfield, Hertfordshire : Essex Publications, an imprint of University of Hertfordshire Press, 2020.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: This munificent person - Dr Thomas Plume and his legacies / Helen Kemp

2. The Plume family at Maldon, c. 1621-1704 / J.R. Smith

3. Dr Thomas Plume: `A man outstanding for his upright character, devotion of life and charity towards the poor' / Robert Anthony Doe

4. `Concerning the trifles of my worldly goods': the making and execution of Dr Thomas Plume's last will and testament / Sue Edward

5. Thomas Plume and his Maldon Trust / Christopher Thornton

6. Thomas Plumes Library in its seventeenth-century context / David Pearson

7. The Plume Building / James Bettley

8. `All my Manuscript-papers of my own hand': Plumes collection of handwritten texts / Helen Kemp

9. `His works do follow him': Dr Thomas Plume and his Kent legacies / Catharina Clement

10. `A studious, and learned Professor of Astronomy and experimentall philosophy': the Plumian professors at Cambridge from 1707 to the present day / Mark Hum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1912260166

9781912260164

OCLC:

1156990161

Publisher Number:

99986097783