RefNo | HS/19/60 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Hudson Gurney, dated at Slough |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 25 June 1830 |
Description | Copy of a letter. Submits John Frederick William Herschel's manuscript on Thomas Young's mathematical works for Hudson Gurney's biography of Young. Notes their excessive obscurity. Reasons for insisting that John Frederick William Herschel's name be added no longer exist. Asks Hudson Gurney's votes for two candidates for Athenaeum. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Slough, Berkshire |
Origin coordinates | 51.5082, -0.5954 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8254
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |