| RefNo | HS/21/101 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Stephen Peter Rigaud, dated at Slough |
| Creator | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer and mathematician |
| Recipient | Stephen Peter Rigaud |
| Date | 25 February 1832 |
| Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Asks Stephen Rigaud to vote for [William Hodge] Mill for the new Boden Professorship of Oriental Literature at Oxford. Thanks Stephen Rigaud for gift of Stephen Rigaud's book on James Bradley. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Slough, Berkshire |
| Origin coordinates | 51.5082, -0.5954 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Original available: Bodleian Library, Oxford |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8715
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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 |
| NA1263 | Rigaud; Stephen Peter (1774 - 1839); astronomer | 1774 - 1839 |