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George Parker Bidder

George Parker Bidder was a British engineer, architect and mental calculator (1806–1878). He was born at Moretonhampstead and died at Dartmouth.

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Identity

What the record establishes about George Parker Bidder.

George Bidder, a mental calculator, aged thirteen. Line engraving by J.H. Robinson, 1819, after Miss Hayter. is dated 25 June 1819 and held by Wellcome Collection. George Bidder, a mental calculator, as a boy. Aquatint by H. Meyer, 1817, after W. Waite. is dated 20 August 1817 and held by Wellcome Collection. Offprint of Excerpt from the <i>Minutes of Proceedings of The Institution of Civil Engineers</i> is dated 1879 and held by Wellcome Collection. George Bidder, a mental calculator, aged twelve. Line engraving by S. Springsguth, 1818. is dated 24 June 1818 and held by Wellcome Collection. George Parker Bidder is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and United Kingdom. Strangeways Research Laboratory is dated c.1901-1999 and held by Wellcome Collection.

George Parker Bidder is recorded as engineer, architect and mental calculator. Correspondence B is dated 1879 - 1881 and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 7 objects associated with this heading. Open Library catalogues 3 works under this name. Metropolitan drainage is dated 1858.

Authority records

The identifiers under which George Parker Bidder may be traced in institutional catalogues.

George Parker Bidder is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q3101824.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Bidder, George Parker (1863–1953), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Bidder, George Parker (1806–1878), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Bidder, George Parker (1863–1953), marine biologist, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Bidder, George Parker, (21 May 1863–31 Dec. 1953), Biologist; President of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, Who Was Who, 2007. George Parker Bidder: The Calculating Boy, Physics Bulletin, 1984.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 17 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Within the Encyclopedia

George Parker Bidder is connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.

As educated at: University of Edinburgh.

Chronology

  1. 1806George Parker Bidder born at Moretonhampstead.
  2. 1806George Parker Bidder was born in 1806 at Moretonhampstead.
  3. 1817George Bidder, a mental calculator, as a boy. Aquatint by H. Meyer, 1817, after W. Waite. is dated 20 August 1817 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  4. 1817George Bidder, a mental calculator, as a boy. Aquatint by H. Meyer, 1817, after W. Waite. (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1818George Bidder, a mental calculator, aged twelve. Line engraving by S. Springsguth, 1818. is dated 24 June 1818 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  6. 1818George Bidder, a mental calculator, aged twelve. Line engraving by S. Springsguth, 1818. (Wellcome Collection).
  7. 1819George Bidder, a mental calculator, aged thirteen. Line engraving by J.H. Robinson, 1819, after Miss Hayter. is dated 25 June 1819 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  8. 1819George Bidder, a mental calculator, aged thirteen. Line engraving by J.H. Robinson, 1819, after Miss Hayter. (Wellcome Collection).
  9. 1858Metropolitan drainage is dated 1858.
  10. 1858Metropolitan drainage.
  11. 1878George Parker Bidder died at Dartmouth.
  12. 1878George Parker Bidder died in 1878 at Dartmouth.
  13. 1879Offprint of Excerpt from the <i>Minutes of Proceedings of The Institution of Civil Engineers</i> is dated 1879 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  14. 1879Correspondence B is dated 1879 - 1881 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  15. 1901Strangeways Research Laboratory is dated c.1901-1999 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Connections

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Studied at

Sources

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  1. 1.

    Bidder, George Parker (1806–1878), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Bidder, George Parker (1863–1953), marine biologist, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Bidder, George Parker (1863–1953), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Bidder, George Parker, (21 May 1863–31 Dec. 1953), Biologist; President of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    George Parker Bidder: The Calculating Boy, Physics Bulletin, 1984

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Open Library author record for George Parker Bidder (Internet Archive), 3 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 7 works naming George Parker Bidder.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3101824: George Parker Bidder

    authority record · Unverified · Wikidata

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