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RefNoCB/1/4/165
AltRefNoBLA.H.53
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Baron Alexander von Humboldt, Paris to Charles Blagden, Royal Society, Somerset House, London
Date21 July 1814
DescriptionDiscusses Sir Joseph Banks. Discusses how he has been occupied serving his king ("mon Roi") [Frederick William III]. Gives news of his brother. Writes of Gay Lussac and his election with Biot to the Royal Society.
LanguageFrench
Extent1 sheet
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7984Humboldt; Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von (1769 - 1859); naturalist and traveller1769 - 1859
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