I have recently been sent the following query for which I welcome any
responses, not necessarily to me personally but preferably to these lists.
The query concerns librarian / scientists and scientist / librarians in
the 18th century. Certainly as far as England is concerned, many of the
early librarians of the British Museum might be regarded as scientists.
But I wonder how far this is true elsewhere? England has a long tradition
of antiquaries as librarians, though perhaps they were not so prevalent
in the 18th century (Ducarel would be an exception).
Keith Manley,
Editor, `Library History'
From: Marina Zuccoli <[log in to unmask]>
To: ihrkam <[log in to unmask]>
I am the librarian of the Dept. of Astronomy of the University of Bologna
(Italy). I am involved in a research about 18th century mathematicians in
the towns of Bologna and Modena. During the last years I happened to find
that most of the mathematicians (or scientists in a wider sense) of the
18th century were also librarians, and, on the other side, most of our
librarians had written scientific works. Could you suggest me some papers
about this subject, which seems to me not studied in Italy? Thanking you
in advance for your kind attention, I remain yours sincerely
Marina Zuccoli
Dipartimento di Astronomia
Universit` di Bologna
via Ranzani 1
40127 Bologna
ITALIA
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