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Loan 96 RLF 1/987
Mr Oliver Byrne, and Mrs Eleanor Byrne, his widow

Mr Oliver Byrne

Applications

15 (15 successful)

Date period

23 Nov 1839-12 May 1881

Awards

  • 23 Nov 1839 (£15)
  • 28 May 1842 (£15)
  • 20 Nov 1848 (£20)
  • 6 Jan 1858 (£25)
  • 4 Nov 1861 (£15)
  • 1 Feb 1864 (£25)
  • 1 Feb 1865 (£30)
  • 2 Nov 1872 (£25)
  • 27 Nov 1873 (£20)
  • 29 Nov 1875 (£30)
  • 25 Apr 1877 (£25)
  • 24 Apr 1878 (£25)
  • 30 Jun 1879 (£25)
  • 28 Jun 1880 (£25)
  • 3 Jan 1881 (£25 - to Eleanor Byrne)

Other author name(s)

 - 

Author's career

  • Professor of Mathematics at the College of Civil Engineers
  • Engineer

Author's works published

Scientific : Mathematics

Also named in file

Mrs Eleanor Byrne (dependent)

Timeline

1839

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

23 Nov 1839
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/1
 

R Henesey to the Committee of the Literary Fund

23 Nov 1839
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/2
 

James Hutchison to the Committee of the Literary Fund

23 Nov 1839
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/3
 

John Hoppus to the Committee of the Literary Fund

10 Dec 1839
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/4
 

Oliver Byrne to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

10 Dec 1839
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/5
 

Receipts, signed John Zeal, Henry Hull and John Byrne for Oliver Byrne

14 Dec 1839-6 Jan 1840
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/6
1840

Oliver Byrne to Octavian Blewitt

6 Jan 1840
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/7
1842

Application Form, Oliver Byrne – endorsed by John Hoppus and T G Margary

28 May 1842
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/8
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

28 May 1842
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/9
 

John Hoppus to the Committee of the Literary Fund

28 May 1842
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/10
 

Receipts, signed Oliver Byrne

9 Jun 1842-16 Aug 1842
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/11
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

17 Aug 1842
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/12
1846

Press cuttings – on the court cases of Clark v Oliver Byrne and Byrne v Clark, for debt (1846), and Holtzapfell v Chapman and Byrne, for piracy (1852), and an article in praise of Byrne from The Nation (10 Nov 1849)

15 Jan 1846-1852
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/13
1848

Application Form, Oliver Byrne – endorsed by Robert H Atkinson and W Laxton

20 Nov 1848
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/14
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

25 Nov 1848
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/15
 

Robert H Atkinson to Octavian Blewitt

21 Nov 1848
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/16
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

15 Dec 1848
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/17
1858

Application Form, Oliver Byrne

6 Jan 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/18
1857

Oliver Byrne to Octavian Blewitt

26 Nov 1857
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/19
1858

Oliver Byrne to Octavian Blewitt

11 Jan 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/20
 

James Bogardus to the Committee of the Literary Fund

8 Jan 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/21
 

R W Russell to the Committee of the Literary Fund

8 Jan 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/22
 

Oliver Byrne to Octavian Blewitt

11 Mar 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/23
1861

Application Form, Oliver Byrne

4 Nov 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/24
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

5 Nov 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/25
 

William Day & Son to Octavian Blewitt

2 Nov 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/26
 

Elliot Brothers to Octavian Blewitt

2 Nov 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/27
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

10 Dec 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/28
1860

Richard Monckton Milnes to Octavian Blewitt

1860s
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/29
1861

Oliver Byrne to Octavian Blewitt

10 Dec 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/30
1864

Application Form, Oliver Byrne, with press clipping about the destruction of half his home in a gas explosion

1 Feb 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/31
 

Oliver Byrne to Octavian Blewitt

1 Feb 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/32
 

Richard Silvester to Octavian Blewitt

25 Jan 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/33
 

Walter Mitchell to Octavian Blewitt

1 Feb 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/34
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

15 Feb 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/35
 

Schedule of payments to Oliver Byrne

17 Feb 1864-14 Jul 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/36
1865

Application Form, Oliver Byrne

1 Feb 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/37
 

Oliver Byrne to Octavian Blewitt

1 Feb 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/38
 

James Reddie to Octavian Blewitt

1 Feb 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/39
 

Walter Mitchell to Octavian Blewitt

2 Feb 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/40
 

Oliver Byrne to Octavian Blewitt

10 Feb 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/41
 

Schedule of payments to Oliver Byrne

9 Feb 1865-13 Jul 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/42
 

Oliver Byrne to Octavian Blewitt

8 Aug 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/43
1872

Application Form, Oliver Byrne

2 Nov 1872
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/44
 

Oliver Byrne to Octavian Blewitt

1 Oct 1872
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/45
 

Walter Mitchell to Octavian Blewitt

30 Sep 1872
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/46
 

G Featherstone Griffin to Octavian Blewitt

7 Oct 1872
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/47
 

P Anstruther to Octavian Blewitt

Oct 1872
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/48
 

Oliver Byrne to Octavian Blewitt

19 Nov 1872
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/49
 

Schedule of payments to Oliver Byrne

15 Nov 1872-13 Mar 1873
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/50
1873

Application Form, Oliver Byrne

27 Nov 1873
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/51
 

Oliver Byrne to Octavian Blewitt

27 Nov 1873
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/52
 

E Gardum Fishbourne and M W Smith to Octavian Blewitt

18 Nov 1873
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/53
1870

Printed list of works by Oliver Byrne

1871?
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/54
1873

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

31 Dec 1873
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/55
1874

Schedule of payments to Oliver Byrne

1 Jan 1874-12 Mar 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/56
1875

Application Form, Oliver Byrne

29 Nov 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/57
 

H J Sample to the Committee of the Literary Fund

25 Nov 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/58
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

29 Nov 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/59
 

Homersham Cox to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Dec 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/60
 

W Morrant Baker to the Committee of the Literary Fund

6 Dec 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/61
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

10 Dec 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/62
 

Schedule of payments to Oliver Byrne

11 Dec 1875-11 May 1876
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/63
1877

Application Form, Oliver Byrne

25 Apr 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/64
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Apr 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/65
 

J Wilkins to the Committee of the Literary Fund

27 Apr 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/66
 

A C Fraser to the Committee of the Literary Fund

30 Apr 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/67
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

21 May 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/68
 

Schedule of payments to Oliver Byrne

17 May 1877-29 Sep 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/69
1878

Application Form, Oliver Byrne

24 Apr 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/70
 

William Farr to Octavian Blewitt

14 Mar 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/71
 

William Day to Octavian Blewitt

4 Apr 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/72
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

24 Apr 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/73
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 Jun 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/74
 

Schedule of payments to Oliver Byrne

21 May 1878-1 Sep 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/75
1879

Application Form, Oliver Byrne

30 Jun 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/76
 

William Day to Octavian Blewitt

26 Jun 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/77
 

General Harrington to Oliver Byrne

28 Jun 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/78
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

30 Jun 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/79
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

17 Jul 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/80
 

Schedule of payments to Oliver Byrne

11 Jul 1879-13 Nov 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/81
1880

Application Form, Oliver Byrne

28 Jun 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/82
 

A Davis to Octavian Blewitt

18 Jun 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/83
 

A C Fraser to Octavian Blewitt

21 Jun 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/84
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

28 Jun 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/85
 

Oliver Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

17 Jul 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/86
 

Schedule of payments to Oliver Byrne

15 Jul 1880-11 Nov 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/87
1881

Application Form, Eleanor Byrne

3 Jan 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/88
1880

General Harrington to Octavian Blewitt, with Blewitt’s reply

3 Dec 1880-4 Dec 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/89
 

General Harrington to Octavian Blewitt

4 Dec 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/90
 

Charles Boyce to Octavian Blewitt

4 Dec 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/91
 

Eleanor Byrne to Octavian Blewitt

9 Dec 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/92
 

Obituary for Oliver Byrne from the Kent Newspaper and Maidstone Telegraph

18 Dec 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/93
1881

W J Kilpeck to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Jan 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/94
 

Eleanor Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

6 Jan 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/95
 

Eleanor Byrne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Feb 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/96
 

Schedule of payments to Eleanor Byrne

13 Jan 1881-12 May 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/987/97
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