Collection RS12 - Knopwood Diary

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC RS12

Title

Knopwood Diary

Date(s)

  • 1805-1808 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

1 folio volume, bound vellum

Context area

Name of creator

(1763-1838)

Biographical history

Robert Knopwood (1763–1838), clergyman, was the son of a gentleman farmer in Norfolk. The family struggled against debts and Robert's only inheritance was the family silver. After gaining his MA at Oxford, he entered the Anglican ministry in 1788. One of ... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Bequeathed by Miss Mabel Hookey to the Royal Society

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Diary of Rev. Robert Knopwood dated 1 January 1805 to 17 July 1808. The diary is headed 'Revd. Robert Knopwood, Chaplain, Hobart Town, Derwent River, Van Diemens Land'. It begins on Tuesday 1 January 1805, noting 'a general muster of all the prisoners ... »

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Conditions governing reproduction

This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.au

Publication note

A transcript of this diary (1805-1808) made by W.H. Hudspeth, was published in Papers & Proceedings of the Roy. Soc. of Tas., 1946 & 1947.
Pt 1 - https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13550/
Pt 2 - https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13563/

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• Bobby ... »

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Dates of creation revision deletion

HE Apr.2020

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