Record

RefNoHS/4
LevelSubSeries
TitleCorrespondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 4 Beckedorff-Bullan
Date1817-1871
DescriptionLetters 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.

Primary correspondents include: Frederick William Beechey; Isaac Lowthian Bell; Friedrich William Bessel; Jean Baptiste Biot; William Radcliffe Birt; George Bishop; Miles Bland; Gilbert Blane; Johann Elert Bode; James Booth; Nathanial Bowditch; Edward William Brayley; David Brewster; John Brinkley; Benjamin Collins Brodie, Benjamin Collins Brodie Jnr; Henry Peter Brougham, Lord Brougham & Vaux; William Buckland.

Also contains letters from Palon Ludwig Heinrich Boguslawski to Caroline Herschel sending her birthday greetings (HS/4/171, HS/4/173, HS/4/175), and a letter from David Brewster to Sir William Herschel asking if the latter would help J F W Herschel write an article on stars for the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (HS/4/241).
Extent1 volume; 341 letters
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionDocuments tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt
ArrangementRoughly alphabetical by author; chronological within each correspondence group.
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsNot currently available to view due to ongoing conservation, due to be complete 26 July
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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