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Loan 96 RLF 1/1969
Mr Samuel Highley, and Miss Sarah Alexandra Alice Highley, his daughter

Mr Samuel Highley

Applications

11 (11 successful)

Date period

1 Jun 1875-11 Jul 1901

Awards

  • 2 Jun 1875 (£80)
  • 7 Feb 1877 (£40)
  • 6 Feb 1883 (£60)
  • 3 Mar 1885 (£40)
  • 1 Feb 1887 (£40)
  • 3 Jun 1889 (£40)
  • 1 Jun 1892 (£30)
  • 13 May 1896 (£30)
  • 3 May 1898 (£20)
  • 16 Jun 1900 (£20)
  • 5 Feb 1901 (£20 - to Sarah Alexandra Alice Highley)

Other author name(s)

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Author's career

  • Scientific publisher
  • Proprietor of the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science
  • Editor of the Fishing Gazette, The Library of Science and Art, the British Journal of Photography and several others
  • Fellow of the Geological Society and others
  • Poor brother of the Charterhouse

Author's works published

Scientific : Geology, Microscopy; also Non-Fiction, Reference, Sport, works on Theatre, Journalism

Also named in file

Miss Sarah Alexandra Alice Highley (dependent)

Timeline

1875

Application Form, Samuel Highley

2 Jun 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/1
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 Jun 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/2
 

Richard Owen to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Jun 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/3
 

J Braxton Hicks to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

2 Jun 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/4
 

Receipt, signed Samuel Highley

10 Jun 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/5
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

14 Jun 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/6
1877

Application Form, Samuel Highley

7 Feb 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/8
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Feb 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/9
 

Sir William Robert Grove to Octavian Blewitt

8 Feb 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/10
 

Peter Le Neve Foster to Octavian Blewitt

8 Feb 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/11
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

19 Feb 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/12
 

Schedule of payments to Samuel Highley

15 Feb 1877-17 May 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/13
1883

Application Form, Samuel Highley

6 Feb 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/14
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

6 Feb 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/15
 

William Crookes to the Committee of the Literary Fund

7 Feb 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/16
 

(Charles Hanson) Greville Williams to Octavian Blewitt

8 Feb 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/17
 

E W Allen to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

10 Feb 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/18
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

17 Feb 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/19
 

Schedule of payments to Samuel Highley

15 Feb 1883-11 Oct 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/20
1885

Application Form, Samuel Highley

3 Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/21
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/22
 

Henry Pollock to Octavian Blewitt

2 Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/23
 

Charles Farlow to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

2 Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/24
 

L L King to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

3 Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/25
 

Samuel Highley to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

10 Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/26
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/27
 

Schedule of payments to Samuel Highley

12 Mar 1885-11 Jun 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/28
 

List of ‘Collateral Works’ by Samuel Highley, 1844-1869

Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/29
1887

Application Form, Samuel Highley

1 Feb 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/30
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Feb 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/31
 

A C Fraser to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

1 Feb 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/32
 

A Julius Pollock to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Feb 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/33
 

George Bentley to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

6 Feb 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/34
 

Henry Clifton Sorby to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

6 Feb 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/35
 

Samuel Highley to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts, including details of his expenses

7 Feb 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/36
 

Memorandum by Samuel Highley on his sponsors

7 Feb 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/37
 

Receipt, signed Samuel Highley

10 Feb 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/38
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

12 Feb 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/39
 

Schedule of payments to Samuel Highley

10 Feb 1887-12 May 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/40
1886

Printed sheet of testimonials in recommendation of Samuel Highley to the Charterhouse – from Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, Henry Trueman Wright Wood, George Busk, William Crookes, Henry Pollock and Benjamin Ward Richardson

May 1886
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/41
1889

Application Form, Samuel Highley

3 Jun 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/42
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Jun 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/43
 

Richard Elwyn, Master of the Charterhouse, to the Committee of the Literary Fund

25 May 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/44
 

Charles Heisch to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Jun 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/45
 

Receipt, signed Samuel Highley

20 Jun 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/46
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

22 Jun 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/47
 

Advertisement for The Polytechnic of the Future, by Samuel Highley

1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/48
1892

Application Form, Samuel Highley

1 Jun 1892
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/49
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Jun 1892
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/50
 

A C Fletcher, Physician to the Charterhouse, to the Secretary of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

30 May 1892
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/51
 

Richard Elwyn, Master of the Charterhouse, to the Committee of the Literary Fund

31 May 1892
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/52
 

George J Smith to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Jun 1892
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/53
 

Receipt, signed Samuel Highley

17 Jun 1892
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/54
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

20 Jun 1892
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/55
1896

Application Form, Samuel Highley

13 May 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/56
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

6 May 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/57
 

John Locke to the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 May 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/58
 

Richard Elwyn, Master of the Charterhouse, to the Committee of the Literary Fund

12 May 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/59
 

Edward Bell to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

12 May 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/60
 

Whittaker & Co to the Committee of the Literary Fund

12 May 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/61
 

Receipt, signed Samuel Highley

14 May 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/62
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

14 May 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/63
1897

Samuel Highley to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

21 Apr 1897
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/64
1898

Application Form, Samuel Highley

3 May 1898
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/65
 

Samuel Highley to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

4 May 1898
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/66
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 May 1898
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/67
 

Henry Trueman Wright Wood to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

28 Apr 1898
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/68
 

A C Fletcher, Physician to the Charterhouse, to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

29 Apr 1898
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/69
 

John Spiller to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

30 Apr 1898
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/70
 

William Crookes to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 May 1898
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/71
 

Receipt, signed Samuel Highley

12 May 1898
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/72
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

12 May 1898
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/73
1900

Application Form, Samuel Highley

6 Jun 1900
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/74
 

Annie Locke to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

29 May 1900
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/75
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

6 Jun 1900
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/76
 

The Editor of the City Press to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 Jun 1900
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/77
 

Thomas Bedding to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

11 Jun 1900
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/78
 

Samuel Highley to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

Jun 1900
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/79
 

Receipt, signed Samuel Highley

14 Jun 1900
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/80
 

Samuel Highley to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Jun 1900
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/81
1901

Application Form, Sarah Alexandra Alice Highley – with note on her parents’ marriage on reverse

5 Feb 1901
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/82
 

Sarah Alexandra Alice Highley to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

5 Feb 1901
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/83
 

E Few to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

23 Jan 1901
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/84
 

Francis C Miers to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

1 Feb 1901
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/85
 

Receipt, signed Sarah Alexandra Alice Highley

11 Jul 1901
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/86
 

Sarah Alexandra Alice Highley to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

11 Jul 1901
Loan 96 RLF 1/1969/87
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