Samuel Hibbert-Ware
Samuel Hibbert-Ware (21 April 1782 – 30 December 1848), born Samuel Hibbert in St Ann's Square Manchester, was an English geologist and antiquarian. He was the eldest son of Samuel Hibbert, a linen yarn merchant, and his wife Sarah.[1] Hibbert was granted an MD and became 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
- A description of the Shetland Islands; comprising an account of their scenery, antiquities and superstitions (1822) Reprinted 1891.
- Illustration of the Customs of a Manor in the North of England During the Fifteenth Century (1822)
- Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions; Or, An Attempt to Trace Such Illusions to Their Physical Causes (1825)
- History of the extinct volcanos of the basin of Neuwied, on the lower Rhine (1832)
- On the fresh-water Limestone of Burdiehouse in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh (1835)
- Lancashire memorials of the rebellion, MDCCXV (1845)
References
- ^ Sutton, C. W. (2004), "Ware, Samuel Hibbert– (1782–1848)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford University Press, retrieved 25 May 2010 (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ Samuel Hibbert, Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions (1824: Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd)
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