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Born in St Ann's Square, [[Manchester]], he was the eldest son of Samuel Hibbert, a linen yarn merchant, and his wife Sarah.<ref name="dnb">{{citation |last=Sutton |first=C. W. |contribution=Ware, Samuel Hibbert- (1782–1848) |
Born in St Ann's Square, [[Manchester]], he was the eldest son of Samuel Hibbert, a linen yarn merchant, and his wife Sarah.<ref name="dnb">{{citation |last=Sutton |first=C. W. |contribution=Ware, Samuel Hibbert- (1782–1848)|title=Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13197 |accessdate=25 May 2010}} {{subscription required}} </ref> |
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He was granted an MD and was a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. He served as the secretary of the Society of Scottish Antiquarians, a member of the Royal Medical and Wernerian Societies of Edinburgh, as well as a member of the Philosophical Society of Manchester. He also maintained an interest in psychical research.<ref>Samuel Hibbert, ''Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions'' (1824: Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd)</ref> |
He was granted an MD and was a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. He served as the secretary of the Society of Scottish Antiquarians, a member of the Royal Medical and Wernerian Societies of Edinburgh, as well as a member of the Philosophical Society of Manchester. He also maintained an interest in psychical research.<ref>Samuel Hibbert, ''Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions'' (1824: Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd)</ref> |
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Samuel Hibbert-Ware (21 April 1782 – 30 December 1848) was an English geologist and antiquarian.
Biography
Born in St Ann's Square, Manchester, he was the eldest son of Samuel Hibbert, a linen yarn merchant, and his wife Sarah.[1]
He was granted an MD and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He served as the secretary of the Society of Scottish Antiquarians, a member of the Royal Medical and Wernerian Societies of Edinburgh, as well as a member of the Philosophical Society of Manchester. He also maintained an interest in psychical research.[2]
Publications
- Lancashire memorials of the rebellion, MDCCXV (1845)
- On the fresh-water Limestone of Burdiehouse in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh (1835)
- History of the extinct volcanos of the basin of Neuwied, on the lower Rhine (1832)
- Sketches of the philosophy of apparitions; or, An attempt to trace such illusions to their physical causes (1825)
- A description of the Shetland Islands; comprising an account of their scenery, antiquities and superstitions (1822)
- Illustration of the Customs of a Manor in the North of England During the Fifteenth Century (1822)
References
- ^ Sutton, C. W. (2004), "Ware, Samuel Hibbert- (1782–1848)", Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, retrieved 25 May 2010
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) (subscription required) - ^ Samuel Hibbert, Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions (1824: Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd)
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