| RefNo | MC/5/57 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Baron von Humboldt, Potsdam, to [William Henry Smyth], Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society |
| Date | 9 November 1852 |
| Description | Thanking the Society for his award of the Copley Medal and their continued interest in his work on astronomical geography.
The letter is a literal translation of Humboldt's original response.
[The German original is not present.] |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7984 | Humboldt; Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von (1769 - 1859); naturalist and traveller | 1769 - 1859 |
| NA5062 | Smyth; William Henry (1788 - 1865) | 1788 - 1865 |