| RefNo | HS/18/94 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from George Robert Waterhouse to Sir John Herschel, dated at London |
| Creator | Waterhouse; George Robert (1810-1888); naturalist; curator of the Zoological Society of London Museum |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 20 September 1837 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Received John Frederick William Herschel's collection of African insects, etc. Describes its luminous molluscs, crustaceans, Hottentot fish. Government granted £1500 to [William?] Smith and £1000 to C. R. Darwin to publish discoveries, and £500 to the Royal Astronomical Society [Elizabeth Ann Waterhouse adds 1.5 pages to Margaret Brodie Herschel about birth of EW's second daughter, deaths in family.] |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | London |
| Origin coordinates | 51.507222, -0.1275 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7891
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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 |