| RefNo | HS/5 |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Title | Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 5 B miscellaneous-C |
| Date | 1815-1871 |
| Description | Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.
Primary correspondents include: John Ball; Christopher Henryk Diderick Buys Ballot; Joseph Banks; John Barlow; John Barrow; Antoine Cesar Becquerel; Sir Charles Bell; Jons Jacob Berzelius; Baron George Best; Charles Blagden; Johann Friedrich Blumenbach; Henry Samuel Boase; John Theophilus Boileau; George Boole; Alexis Bouvard; William Thomas Brande; Thomas Makdougall Brisbane; William Brockenden; Charles James Fox Banbury; Julia Margaret Cameron, James Challis, Alexander Ross Clarke, William Crookes, Georges Christian Leopold Dagobert, Baron du Cuvier. |
| Extent | 385 letters |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Documents previously tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt. Disbound in 2023 and loose letters in folders. |
| Arrangement | Roughly alphabetical by author; chronological within each correspondence group. |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Notes | Note re letter number 124 in Volume 5, lft by Dr Joan Leopold, 2017; 'This would be in 1854, not 1834, when Bunsen and MaxMuller were doing a proposal for a Missionary Alphabet' |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |