| Reference number | EL/W2/4 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Oxford |
| Creator | Wallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford |
| Date | 26 December 1672 |
| Description | Concerning delivery of post; concerning Thomas Hobbes - not knowing what he has learned from him
On reverse is a copy of Oldenburg's letter to Hobbes dated 30 December 1672 concerning the controversy between Wallis and Hobbes stating that the Royal Society was not going to get involved |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Origin coordinates | 51.75222, -1.25596 |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 9, pp 372, 374 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/04a67ae4-93fa-4951-ac73-9d57b7e8a7a5 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |