Case file
Loan 96 RLF 1/1396
Mr William Desborough Cooley
Mr William Desborough Cooley
Applications
3 (3 successful)
Date period
12 Dec 1855-1859
Awards
- 12 Dec 1855 (£60)
- 25 Mar 1857 (£50)
- 19 Mar 1858 (£50)
Other author name(s)
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Author's career
- B.A. from Trinity College Dublin
- Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Author's works published
Travel Writing : also Non-Fiction, Geography, Journalism
Also named in file
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More information
Timeline
1855
Application Form, William Desborough Cooley – endorsed by Sir James Emerson Tennent and Sir Henry Ellis
12 Dec 1855
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William Desborough Cooley to the Committee of the Literary Fund
13 Dec 1855
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John Forster to Sir James Emerson Tennent
12 Dec 1855
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Receipt, signed William Desborough Cooley
Dec 1855
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William Desborough Cooley to the Committee of the Literary Fund
14 Dec 1855
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1857
Application Form, William Desborough Cooley – endorsed by Sir James Emerson Tennent and Sir Henry Ellis
25 Mar 1857
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William Desborough Cooley to Octavian Blewitt
20 Mar 1857
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Sir James Emerson Tennent to John Forster
17 Mar 1857
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Sir Henry Ellis to Octavian Blewitt
19 Mar 1857
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Sir James Emerson Tennent to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
21 Mar 1857
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Sir James Emerson Tennent to Octavian Blewitt
21 Mar 1857
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Receipt, signed William Desborough Cooley
9 Apr 1857
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William Desborough Cooley to Octavian Blewitt
10 Apr 1857
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1858
William Desborough Cooley to Octavian Blewitt
19 Mar 1858
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Sir James Emerson Tennent to Octavian Blewitt
19 Apr 1858
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William Desborough Cooley to Octavian Blewitt
26 Apr 1858
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Receipt, signed William Desborough Cooley
14 May 1858
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William Desborough Cooley to Octavian Blewitt
15 May 1858
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Extracts from the minutes of the Committee of the Literary Fund, considering the possibility of making a ‘continuous annual grant’ to William Desborough Cooley
14 Apr 1858-12 May 1858
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1859
Press cuttings – three different notices on the award of a ¶œ100-a-year pension to William Desborough Cooley
1859
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