| RefNo | HS/18/282 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Hyde Wollaston |
| Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Recipient | William Hyde Wollaston |
| Date | 13 February 1827 |
| Description | Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Notified Georgiana Babbage that two or three electors for professorship at Oxford favor Charles Babbage. John Frederick William Herschel not free to name them. Death of father may alter Babbage's desire for position. Meanwhile Mrs. Babbage asks that we keep 'any one favourable to C. on neutral ground.' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | n.p. |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8014
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
| NA8298 | Wollaston; William Hyde (1766 - 1828); chemist, physicist and physiologist | 1766 - 1828 |