| Reference number | HS/7 |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Title | Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 7 Eardley Wilmot-F |
| Date | 1820-1871 |
| Description | Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.
Prominent correspondents include: Frederick Marrow Eardley Wilmot; George Eden, Baron Auckland; Maria Edgeworth; Gilbert Elliot, Earl of Minto; Alexander John Ellis; William Empson; Johann Franz Encke; George Adolph Erman, Frederick John Evans; Fearon Fallows; Michael Faraday ; William Henry Fitton; Robert Fitzroy; James David Forbes; Jean Baptiste Joseph, Baron Fourier; John Franklin. |
| Extent | 1 volume; 389 letters |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Documents previously tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt. Disbound in 2023 and loose letters in folders. |
| Arrangement | Roughly alphabetical by author; chronological within each correspondence group. |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |