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Mr Henry William Dewhurst (alias Professor Dewhurst, Reverend H W Dewhurst, Dr Dewhurst, Dr Dew, Mr Hurst, Mr Smith, Dr Henry William Brier and Reverend D Brier)

Mr Henry William Dewhurst

Applications

14 (3 successful)

Date period

26 Feb 1828-13 Feb 1858

Awards

  • 26 Feb 1828 (-)
  • 10 Jan 1829 (£10)
  • 15 Dec 1829 (rejected)
  • 25 Jan 1830 (rejected)
  • 23 Mar 1830 (rejected)
  • 16 Dec 1830 (£10)
  • 10 Apr 1832 (deferred)
  • 30 Apr 1832 (£10)
  • 19 May 1835 (rejected)
  • Apr 1836 (rejected)
  • May 1837 (rejected)
  • 23 Sep 1845 (rejected)
  • 11 Sep 1857 (rejected)
  • 10 Feb 1858 (rejected)

Other author name(s)

(aka) Reverend D Brier
(aka) Dr Henry William Brier
(aka) Dr Dr Dew
(aka) Professor Dewhurst
(aka) Dr Dewhurst
(aka) Reverend H W Dewhurst
(aka) Mr Hurst
(aka) Mr Smith

Author's career

  • Surgeon
  • Lecturer
  • Conman

Author's works published

Medical : also Poetry, Scientific, Natural History, Non-Fiction, Religious

Also named in file

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Timeline

1828

Henry William Dewhurst to John Bowyer Nichols

26 Feb 1828
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1829

Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

10 Jan 1829
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List of the published works of Henry William Dewhurst

10 Jan 1829
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Henry William Dewhurst to Joseph Snow

31 Jan 1829
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Henry William Dewhurst to Joseph Snow

6 Feb 1829
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Mark Freideberg to Joseph Snow

10 Feb 1829
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C Leese to Joseph Snow

10 Feb 1829
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Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

16 Feb 1829
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Henry William Dewhurst to Joseph Snow

15 Dec 1829
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Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

15 Dec 1829
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1830

Henry William Dewhurst to Joseph Snow

11 Jan 1830
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Pawn ticket for belongings of Henry William Dewhurst, signed William Smyth

11 Jan 1830
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H Stephens to the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 Jan 1830
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Receipt, signed William Smyth

11 Jan 1830
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Henry William Dewhurst to Joseph Snow

19 Jan 1830
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Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

19 Jan 1830
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Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

25 Jan 1830
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Henry William Dewhurst to Joseph Snow

6 Feb 1830
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Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

23 Mar 1830
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J M Vickery to Joseph Snow

30 Mar 1830
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Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

16 Dec 1830
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1831

John Wilson to Joseph Snow

11 Jan 1831
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Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

17 Jan 1831
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1832

Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

10 Apr 1832
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Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

18 Apr 1832
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Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

30 Apr 1832
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Receipt, signed Henry William Dewhurst

5 May 1832
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Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

12 May 1832
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1835

Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

19 May 1835
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Henry William Dewhurst to Joseph Snow

20 Jun 1835
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Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund, including a list of his works

24 Jun 1835
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Henry William Dewhurst to Joseph Snow

26 Jun 1835
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1836

Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Apr 1836
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1837

Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

May 1837
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Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

May 1837
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Sir William Betham to Thomas Crofton Croker

6 Jun 1837
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Arthur de Capell Brooke to Sir William Betham

Jun 1837
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1838

Arthur de Capell Brooke to the Committee of the Literary Fund

13 Jun 1838
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1840

John Bowyer Nichols to Octavian Blewitt

18 Apr 1840
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Henry William Dewhurst to J Morgan, annotated by Octavian Blewitt

8 Apr 1840
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Henry William Dewhurst to James Gordon

22 Mar 1840
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1843

N Morren to Octavian Blewitt

21 Mar 1843
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Henry William Dewhurst to N Morren

6 Mar 1843
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1845

Miss Law to Octavian Blewitt

10 Jun 1845
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Henry William Dewhurst to Octavian Blewitt

23 Sep 1845
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Henry William Dewhurst to Octavian Blewitt

25 Sep 1845
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The Mendacity Society to the Committee of the Literary Fund

23 Sep 1845
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1847

Press cuttings containing numerous reports of frauds perpetrated by Henry William Dewhurst

Sep 1847-24 Jun 1850
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1850

Henry William Dewhurst to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1850s
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List of ‘distinct works’ by Henry William Dewhurst

1850s
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1857

Henry William Brier (Henry William Dewhurst) to the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 Sep 1857
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Copy of Octavian Blewitt to Henry William Brier (Henry William Dewhurst)

12 Sep 1857
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1858

Henry William Brier (Henry William Dewhurst) to Octavian Blewitt, with copy of Blewitt’s reply on reverse

10 Feb 1858-13 Feb 1858
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1820

Advertisement for three medical textbooks by Henry William Dewhurst

1820s
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1830

Lecture list for the Hibernian Literary Institution, detailing lectures by J C Fitzgerald, Henry William Dewhurst, J H Keane, Arthur W Hyde and W O’Connor

1830s
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1850

Advertisement for three works by Henry William Brier (Henry William Dewhurst)

1850s
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Advertisement for The Sinner Warned, Comforted, and Redeemed by the Lord Jesus Christ, by Henry William Brier (Henry William Dewhurst), with advertisement for his book The Chemical History of Man and Animals on reverse

1850s
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Advertisement for the printed version of A Course of Popular Lectures on the Elements, Philosophy, and Practice of Agriculture, its Connection with Chemistry and the Collateral Sciences, by Henry William Brier (Henry William Dewhurst)

1850s
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1834

Advertisement for The Natural History of the Order Cetácea and the Oceanic Inhabitants of the Arctic Regions, by Henry William Dewhurst, with testimonials on the work

1834
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