William Ged

William Ged was a British inventor and goldsmith (1690–1749). He was born at Edinburgh and died at Leith.

William Ged in brief

Born
1690
Died
1749
Known for
inventor and goldsmith
Place of birth
Edinburgh
Contents

Catalogued works

14 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1742 to 1996.

Biographical memoirs of William Ged. Women Fighting, dated n.d., watercolor and pen and black ink, with red chalk and graphite, over lithograph, on cream laid paper, laid down on white wood-pulp laminate board, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.4302. Alice, dated 1892, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1893.107. The Circle of the Thieves; Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent. Inferno, canto XXV, dated 1827, printed c. 1892, hand-colored engraving on india paper, laid down on wove paper (chine collé), held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1929.324. A City Park, dated c. 1887, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1968.88. At Mouquin's, dated 1905, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1925.295. Colinet Mocked by Two Boys, from The Pastorals of Virgil, dated 1821, wood engraving on off-white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1934.61. Biographical memoirs of William Ged including a particular account of his progress in the art of block-printing., dated 1781, held by Wellcome Collection. The life of God in the soul of man or, the nature and excellency of the Christian religion: With the Methods of attaining the Happiness which it proposes. To which is added, An account of the beginnings and advances of a spiritual life. With a preface by G. Burnet., dated 1742, held by Wellcome Collection. Report of the results in thirty-one cases of phthisis treated at Aiken, S.C., during the season 1878-79 / by W.H. Geddings., dated 1879, held by Wellcome Collection. Aiken as a health station : a contribution to medical climatology / by W.H. Geddings., dated 1877, held by Wellcome Collection. Aiken and Thomasville as types of the inland health-resorts of South Carolina and Georgia / by W.H. Geddings., dated [1886], held by Wellcome Collection. Hints for invalids visiting Southern health resorts / by W.H. Geddings., dated 1879, held by Wellcome Collection. Playing doctors : docs on the box., dated 1996, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

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

Ged, William (1690–1749), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Ged, William, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online. Ged, William (1684/5–1749), goldsmith and stereotype founder, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Inventor of Stereotyping—William Ged, Scientific American, 1869.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1690William Ged born at Edinburgh.
  2. 1749William Ged died at Leith.
  3. 1827The Circle of the Thieves; Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent. Inferno, canto XXV (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  4. 1887A City Park (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  5. 1892Alice (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  6. 1905At Mouquin's (The Art Institute of Chicago).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Ged, William (1684/5–1749), goldsmith and stereotype founder, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Ged, William (1690–1749), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Ged, William, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Inventor of Stereotyping—William Ged, Scientific American, 1869

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Open Library author record for William Ged (Internet Archive), 2 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  6. 6.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with William Ged.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 7 works naming William Ged.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2578957: William Ged

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  9. 9.

    “William Ged”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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