Autobiography

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Berry, Richard James Arthur. 'Chance and Circumstance. An autobiography. Typescript. There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads in to fortune. A true story of what befell a man who took it, told by R.J.A. Berry, M.D. F.R.C.S., F.R.S.E.'

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Includes photographs of Sonneborn, correspondence and photocopied letters from Indiana University (from 1967) and Sonneborn's own typescript autobiographical notes titled 'My intellectual history in relation to my contributions to science' and 'My 50 Years in Biology (Genetics)' as well as printed remarks from his memorial service.

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Contains a mixture of offprints, photocopies and typescripts of Beale's own research papers and those written in collaboration with others. Also contains a typescript of Beale's 27-page autobiographical memoir and bibliography (written in July 1997).

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Diary of Rev Hugh Cunningham, minister of Tranent ( -1801) titled, 'A Diary begun towards the end of the year 1785. To which is prefixed a short account of the life of the writer, previous to that period. Tranent, January 6th 1786.'

Last entry is from 1 October, 1787. From the General Assembly Library.

Scope and Contents Manuscript titled, 'Triumphant rays of divine providence in the wonderfull displays of the wisdom power and goodness of God manifested in making mercy rejoice over judgement in favour of Eben-Ezer, under all his tryals, to give him a way of escape that he might be able to bear it...Written for private use, Anno 1727 finished.' This was later published as James Nisbet's autobiography, 'Private life of the persecuted, or, memoirs of the first years of James Nisbet, one of the...

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1. 'A general account of my life.' 1730. pp. 315.

2. 'Passages of my life.' nd. pp. 370 (wanting pp. 366-67).

3. Essay on the first 20 chapters of Genesis transcribed by the schoolmaster of Ettrick. 1726? pp. 274. On p. 1 verso, 'Memorial concerning this Essay' by the author.

4. [Tractatus stigmologicus, Hebraeco-Biblicus]. Essay on the Hebrew accent. pp. 145. First draft in English. Completed Sept. 1723. Printed in Latin in Amsterdam, 1738.

Scope and Contents This typescript was donated with the papers of Alexander F. Giles but does not seem to be related to the rest of the documents. It came into Giles's possession when the author, who studied at the Univeristy of Edinburgh in the 1890s, sent it to him after 'the receipt of a circular sent out in support of the University of Edinburgh Graduates Association', in 1947. Giles was then the editor of the University of Edinburgh Journal. It does not appear that the typescript was...