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Record ID 51643

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 31v

Sharp's operations of Surgery for M.r George Reid

Borrowed: 1774/8/31 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/11/4 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 31 Aug 1774. Original Returned Date: 4 Nov 1774.


Borrowers

Mr George Reid
Gender: Male.

Thomas Reid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Reid. Life dates: 1710-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


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Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
Critical enquiry into the present state of surgery.
Press: AE. Shelf: 12. Number: 29. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk8-f.15  . Original Author: Sharp, Samuel, 1700?-1778..

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Confidence level: Certain

Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 18


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Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
Critical Enquiry into the Present State of Surgery

Borrowed: 1774/8/31 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/11/4 (Friday).

Borrowers: Mr George Reid , Thomas Reid

Author: Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778), Genre: Medicine

Critical Enquiry into the Present State of Surgery

Record ID 54836

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108v

Dodson's Mathematical repository

Borrowed: 1774/8/31 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/3/20 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 31 Aug 1774. Original Returned Date: 20 Mar 1775.


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Dodson (Male, died 1757)
Genre: Mathematics
Mathematical repository. Vol. 1
Press: AE. Shelf: 10. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm9-i.3. Original Author: Dodson, James, -1757..

Record ID 120815

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 192-193

Hasselquist's travels

Borrowed: 1774/8/31 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/9/26 (Monday). Classmark: E 4 .16. Original Returned Text: Hasselquie's Travels.


Borrower

Patrick Bower
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1754-c. 1790. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1368138916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Fredric Hasselquist (Male, born 1722, died 1752)
Genre: Travel
Voyages and travels in the Levant; in the years 1749, 50, 51, 52. Containing Observations in Natural History, Physick, Agriculture, and Commerce: particularly On the Holy Land, and the Natural History of the Scriptures. Written originally in the Swedish Language, By the late Frederick Hasselquist, M.D. Fellow of the Royal Societies of Upsal and Stockholm. Published, by the Order of her present Majesty the Queen of Sweden, by Charles Linnaeus, Physician to the King of Sweden, Professor of Botany at Upsal, and Member of all the Learned Societies in Europe.
Classmark: E.4.16, L.5.26?.

Borrowed: 1774/8/31 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/9/26 (Monday).

Borrower: Patrick Bower

Author: Fredric Hasselquist (Male, born 1722, died 1752), Genre: Travel

Voyages and Travels in the Levant in the Years 1749, 50, 51, 52

Record ID 120818

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 192-193

Bedford's chronology

Borrowed: 1774/8/31 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/9/26 (Monday). Classmark: A3. 21. Original Returned Text: Bedfords Chronology.


Borrower

Patrick Bower
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1754-c. 1790. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1368138916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Arthur Bedford (Male, born 1668, died 1745)
Genre: Theology
The Scripture Chronology demonstrated by Astronomical Calculations, and also by The Year of Jubilee, and the Sabbatical Year among the Jews: or, An account of time From the Creation of the World, to the Destruction of Jerusalem; as it may be proved from the Writings of the Old and New Testament. In a Method hitherto Unattempted; and which was first proposed by the Learned Archibishop Usher. In which the Hebrew Text is vindicated; and the Objections against it, as consisting of many Mutilations, and numerical Alterations, are occasionally considered; and the Authority of the Samaritan and Septuagint Versions, in Opposition to the Original Copy, in confuted. Together with The history of the world, from the Creation, to the Time when Dr. Prideaux began his Connexion. Illustrated with a great Variety of Tables, Maps, and Copper Plates. By Arthur Bedford, M. A. Rector of Newton St. Loe in the County of Somerset, and Chaplain to the Haberdashers-Hospital at Hoxton near London.
Classmark: A.3.21.

Borrowed: 1774/8/31 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/9/26 (Monday).

Borrower: Patrick Bower

Author: Arthur Bedford (Male, born 1668, died 1745), Genre: Theology

Scripture Chronology Demonstrated by Astronomical Calculations

Record ID 121607

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 200-201

Smolet's  hist 78. 9 .10th V.

Borrowed: 1774/8/31 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/10/5 (Wednesday). Classmark: E. .. Original Returned Text: Smol- hist 8. 9 .10th Vol.


Borrower

James Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: History
A complete history of England from the descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, 1748. Containing transactions of one thousand eight hundred and three years. By T. Smollett, M.D.
Classmark: E.3.7, A.6.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10

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Confidence level: Very likely

Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: History
A complete history of England from the descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, 1748. Containing transactions of one thousand eight hundred and three years. By T. Smollett, M.D.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 127 times in 60 borrowing records


Book Work

Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: History
Complete History of England [Tobias Smollett]

Borrowed: 1774/8/31 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/10/5 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Anderson

Author: Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771), Genre: History

Complete History of England [Tobias Smollett]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10

Record ID 127406

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 254-255