Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – April 2, 1708
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Date: April 2, 1708 Author: Richard Middleton Massey Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041 Folio: ff. 124-125
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English
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British Library, London
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Scientific
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Anatomy, Animals, Whales
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April 2, 1708
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Wisbeche
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John Thorpe
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Massey wants to know how to refine spermaceti taken out of a beached whale’s head. Richard Middleton Massey (1678-1743) attended Brasenose College, Oxford but left before obtaining a degree. In 1706 he was admitted Extra-Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and settled in Wisbech where he practiced medicine. Massey was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. He compiled the catalogue of the library of the Royal College of Physicians in 1727 (http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2969).
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