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Authorised form of nameSmyth; William Henry (1788 - 1865)
Dates1788 - 1865
NationalityBritish
Place of birthWestminster, England
Date of birth21 January 1788
Place of deathSt John's Lodge, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Date of death09 September 1865
ActivityCareer:
Admiral; scientific writer
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/06/1826
Royal Society activityRoyal Society roles:
For Sec 1837-1839, 1850-1856;VP 1836-1837, 1846-1847, 1856-1857
RelationshipsFather-in-law of Sir William Henry Flower (FRS 1864); father of Charles Piazzi Smyth FRS and Warington Wilkinson Smyth FRS
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1866-1867 vol 15 pp xliii-xliv
References:
Margaret Bullard, 'My Small Newtonian Sweeper - Where is it Now?' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 139-148
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/69231186
Royal Society codeNA5062
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
DM/6/82Letter from W D Cooper to Admiral Smyth21 April 1856
MM/19/7Letter from Edward Sabine, Treasurer, Royal Society13 November 1854
MM/19/102Letter from William Henry Smyth to Thomas Bell, Secretary, Royal Society7 December 1852
MM/19/33Letter from Edward Sabine, Treasurer, Royal Society, to William Sharpey, Secretary, Royal Society14 April 1862
DM/1/3Letter from W H Smyth, Crescent, Bedford5 March 1831
MC/5/73Letter from Benjamin Peirce, Harvard University, to Captain W H [William Henry] Smyth, [Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society]20 December 1852
AP/18/5cUnpublished letter, regarding reports on the wreck of HMS Thetis from W H [William Henry] Smyth to J G [John George] Children19 April 1834
MC/2/258Letter from William Henry Smyth, Bedford, to John George Children, Secretary of the Royal Society14 July 1837
RR/1/52Referee's report by William Henry Smyth and Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny, on a paper 'Some account of a new volcano in the Mediterranean' by John Davy [1832]
MS/426/557Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir R [Roderick Impey] Murchison9 February 1856
MS/257/4/220Letter from William Henry Smyth, St John's Lodge near Aylesbury to [Edward Sabine]15 April 1852
MS/426/465Note of letters from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Lord Rosse [William Parsons], Prof [Thomas] Graham, Capt [William Henry] Smyth7 May 1852
MM/19/104Printed letter to members of the Southern Telescope Committee, from Thomas Bell, Secretary, Southern Telescope Committee15 December 1852
DM/4/107Letter from Captain Smyth, Bedford, to James Hudson, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society22 December 1830
IM/004296Smyth, William Henrynd
RR/2/206Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'On the eclipses of Agathocles, Thales and Xerxes' by George Biddell Airy26 February 1853
MM/12/70Letter from Charles Piazzi Smyth, London, to W H Smyth22 December 1852
EC/1826/12Smyth, William Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/5/131Letter from [Carl Friedrich Philipp von] Martius, Munich, to Captain W H [William Henry] Smyth, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society3 December 1853
RR/1/160Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'New ideas on electricity, applied to the invention of an earthquake guard' by Pasquale Stanislao Mancini4 May 1838
MC/2Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1832-1838
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/3/10Letter from William Henry Smyth, Athenaeum, to Messrs Hobson, 11 Nile Street, Liverpool15 February 1839
MC/3/43Letter from William Henry Smyth, Cardiff Castle, to Samuel Hunter Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society2 October 1839
MC/3/59Letter from [Adolphe] Quetelet, Secrétaire perpètuel de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres, to Captain [William Henry] Smyth, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society2 December 1839
MC/3/263Letter from William Henry Smyth, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, to Samuel Hunter Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society7 February 1843
RR/1/55Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on an unnamed paper by Demouville25 September 1838
MC/4/107Letter from John Ross, Captain with the Royal Navy, London, to Captain William Henry Smyth10 December 1845
MS/426/313Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to C P [Charles Piazzi] Smyth Esq18 February 1848
MS/426/419Copy letter from S H [Samuel Hunter] Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Capt W H [William Henry] Smyth20 April 1850
MC/4/337Letter from [William Henry] Smyth, 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, to [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]23 March 1850
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
MC/5/31Letter from W H [William Henry] Smyth, [Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society], St John's Lodge, near Aylesbury, to Colonel [Edward] Sabine, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]13 February 1852
MS/426/474Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Charles Young1 November 1852
MC/5/57Copy letter from Baron von Humboldt, Potsdam, to [William Henry Smyth], Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society9 November 1852
MC/5/78Letter from W H [William Henry] Smyth, St John's Lodge, to Lord Rosse, [President of the Royal Society]23 December 1852
MC/5/80Letter from Edward Sabine, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], Woolwich, to Thomas Bell, [Secretary of the Royal Society]4 January 1853
MC/5/76Letter from John Phillips, St Mary's Lodge, York, to the Royal Society21 December 1852
MC/5/237Letter from W H [William Henry] Smyth, St John's Lodge, near Aylesbury, to the Society1 April 1856
MC/5/266Letter from W H [William Henry] Smyth, [Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society], St John's Lodge, to [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] 23 November 1856
MC/5Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1851-1858
MC/6/24Letter from W H [William Henry] Smyth, St John's Lodge, near Aylesbury, to Sir Benjamin [Collins Brodie], [President of the Royal Society]28 April 1859
AP/18/5dUnpublished copy of letter, regarding reports on the wreck of HMS Thetis from W H [William Henry]Smyth to J G [John George] Children19 April 1834
MC/6Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1859-1863
AP/22/7Unpublished paper, 'De la chaleur du globe' [Paper on the heat of the Earth] by Demouville1838
AP/18/5eUnpublished letter, from W H [William Henry] Smyth to P M [Peter Mark] Roget19 April 1834
AP/28/23Unpublished paper, 'On the decomposition and analysis of the compounds of ammonia and cyanogen' by Robert Smith24 November 1845
AP/30/18Unpublished paper, 'Attempt to apply instrumental measurement to the zodiacal light' by Charles Piazzi Smyth25 March 1840
AP/30/18/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Attempt to apply instrumental measurement to the zodiacal light' by Charles Piazzi Smyth25 March 1848
RR/2/138Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'On the mean temperature of the observatory at Highfield House, near Nottingham, from the year 1810 to 1850' by Edward Joseph Lowe30 August 1851
AP/37/20Unpublished letter, regarding the decimal compass card from James Share to W H [William Henry] Smyth18 February 1855
AP/38/22Unpublished paper, 'On the application of photography to the physiognomic and mental phenomena of insanity' by Hugh W [Welch] DiamondApril 1856
AP/28/23/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the decomposition and analysis of the compounds of ammonia and cyanogen' by Robert Smith24 November 1845
HS/22/269Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood16 April 1846
AP/33/24Unpublished paper, 'Experiments towards the construction of new forms of instruments for the correction of compass errors due to the presence of iron in ships; with investigations on the nature of the attraction of iron on the poles of magnets' by Julius Roberts1 February 1852
RR/1/23Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'Planet Esaid’un nouveau catalogue sidéral, avec une réprésentation graphique, et une loi de simple et régulière distribution des étoiles autour du Pole, qui pourra fournir plusieurs avantages à I’ Astronomie pratique' by Joseph Bianchi16 October 1836
RR/1/6Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'An account of a protracting pocket sextant' by E Bainbridge10 July 1845
MS/257/4/221Letter from William Henry Smyth, St John's Lodge near Aylesbury to [Edward Sabine]15 April 1852
RR/2/212Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'On the extension of the value of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter' by William Rutherford26 February 1853
RR/2/259Referee's report by William Henry Smyth, on a paper 'On the results of periodical observations of the positions and distances of nineteen of the stars in Sir John Herschel’s lists of stars, favourably situated for the investigation of parallax, contained in part III. of the Philosophical Transactions for 1826, and part I. 1827' by John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley5 March 1851
HSF/1/2/80Letter from W H [William Henry] Smyth, St John's Lodge, near Aylesbury, to Sir John [Frederick William Herschel]30 May 1863
HSF/1/2/79Letter from W H [William Henry] Smyth, St John's Lodge, near Aylesbury, to Sir John [Frederick William Herschel]12 May 1863
HSF/1/2/81Letter from W H [William Henry] Smyth, St John's Lodge, near Aylesbury, to Sir John [Frederick William Herschel]30 July 1864
HSF/1/2/78Letter from W H [William Henry] Smyth, St John's Lodge, near Aylesbury, to Sir John [Frederick William Herschel]13 May 1862
HS/16/250Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford5 June 1833
HS/16/240Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford5 August 1828
HS/16/321Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge2 July 1864
HS/16/247Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford3 September 1832
HS/16/281Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at [3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea]8 May 1845
HS/16/265Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford12 October 1838
HS/16/236Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford17 December 1827
HS/16/319Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum Club1 July 1862
HS/16/251Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford29 June 1833
HS/21/91Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough16 October 1831
HS/16/276Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edenhall26 October 1844
HS/16/245Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford6 May 1832
HS/16/296Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea21 April 1847
HS/16/293Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea2 November 1846
HS/22/231Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood18 April 1845
HS/22/266Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood1846-1
HS/16/294Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [Collingwood]7 February 1847
HS/16/298Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea10 October 1849
HS/16/243Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford25 June 1830
HS/16/314Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge11 October 1860
HS/16/310Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge17 September 1858
HS/16/249Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford25 December 1832
HS/16/253Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford15 September 1833
HS/23/88Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood15 July 1850
HS/16/267Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edenhall30 October 1840
HS/16/263Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford22 February 1837
HS/16/260Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford29 April 1836
HS/16/282Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at [3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea]25 September 1845
HS/16/278Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at [3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea]5 April 1845
HS/16/239Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford14 July 1828
HS/16/302Letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [Collingwood]29 January 1857
HS/16/303Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge1857-2
HS/16/292Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea30 October 1846
HS/16/272Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea11 July 1843
HS/16/273Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea23 September 1843
HS/16/259Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Astronomical Society12 February 1836
HS/16/307Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge4 March 1858
HS/16/254Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford10 June 1834
HS/22/192Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [Collingwood]1 May 1844
HS/16/268Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea9 May 1843
HS/16/277Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at [3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea]31 March 1845
HS/16/275Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea4 December 1843
HS/16/262Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford1 August 1836
HS/16/306Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge1 March 1858
HS/23/238Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood15 September 1858
HS/16/238Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford1 July 1828
HS/16/246Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford22 May 1832
HS/22/335Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood17 November 1847
HS/16/288Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea16 April 1846
HS/16/323Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth8 November 1857
HS/16/300Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge9 September 1856
HS/16/309Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge13 September 1858
HS/16/241Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford2 September 1828
HS/16/255Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford1 October 1834
HS/16/295Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea17 April 1847
HS/16/252Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cardiff Castle5 July 1833
HS/16/313Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge28 March 1860
HS/16/266Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford26 April 1839
HS/22/311Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood17 March 1847
HS/16/261Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford23 July 1836
HS/16/256Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford4 February 1835
HS/16/290Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Chenye Walk, Chelsea24 July 1846
HS/16/320Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge23 December 1862
HS/16/248Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford28 September 1832
HS/16/286Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea19 February 1846
HS/22/255Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood7 November 1845
HS/16/316Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge24 November 1860
HS/16/301Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge27 January 1857
HS/16/237Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough19 December 1827
HS/16/311Incomplete letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [Collingwood]3 February 1860
HS/16/270Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea6 June 1843
HS/16/308Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge10 March 1858
HS/16/279Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hartwell House30 April 1845
HS/16/269Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea15 May 1843
HS/16/257Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford12 July 1835
HS/16/258Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford12 October 1835
HS/16/284Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at [3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea]31 October 1845
HS/16/291Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea20 August 1846
HS/16/242Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford26 November 1828
HS/16/283Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at [3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea]23 October 1845
HS/16/318Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge12 October 1860
HS/16/271Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea2 July 1843
HS/16/304Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge3 March 1857
HS/16/312Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge8 February 1860
HS/16/244Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford23 October 1831
HS/16/287Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea23 February 1846
HS/16/317Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge31 December 1860
HS/16/322Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge6 July 1864
HS/16/264Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at Crescent, Bedford10 October 1837
HS/22/208Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood27 October 1844
HS/22/13Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough28 April 1839
HS/22/313Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [Collingwood]21 April 1847
HS/23/156Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood2 July 1855
HS/21/7Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [London]19 April 1828
HS/22/161Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood9 July 1843
HS/22/337aCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood16 December 1847
HS/21/32Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [London]28 November 1828
HS/23/3Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood11 January 1848
HS/22/291Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood22 December 1846
HS/22/157Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood16 June 1843
HS/22/163Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood18 July 1843
HS/23/68Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood13 May 1849
HS/23/214Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood3 December 1857
HS/21/207Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope31 May 1836
HS/21/85Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough11 June 1831
HS/22/170Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood21 November 1843
HS/21/142Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough28 July 1833
HS/22/227Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood30 March 1845
HS/22/331Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood25 October 1847
HS/23/399Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood17 December 1862
HS/22/235Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [Collingwood]8 May 1845
HS/23/48Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood7 November 1848
HS/22/306Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood4 March 1847
HS/24/56Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood9 August 1864
HS/23/225Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood2 March 1858
HS/1/398Letter, from [William Henry Smyth] to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea24 October 1848
HS/23/310Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood7 October 1860
HS/23/380Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood2 July 1862
HS/25/14/31Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth1833
HS/23/117Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at 32 Harley St.11 February 1852
HS/23/52Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood26 November 1848
HS/20/258Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at London28 June 1827
HS/24/79Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood23 December 1864
HS/23/213Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood8 November 1857
HS/23/71Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood14 October 1849
HS/22/268Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood20 February 1846
HS/21/137Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at 37 Tavistock Place3 June 1833
HS/22/116Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood3 April 1842
HS/21/262Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough17 October 1838
HS/22/156Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough10 June 1843
HS/22/271Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood20 April 1846
HS/22/307Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood9 March 1847
HS/23/319Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood28 November 1860
HS/24/51Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood4 July 1864
HS/22/334Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood17 November 1847
MS/425/413Copy letter, James Hudson, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to John Frederick Wiliam Herschel, William Henry Smyth and George Biddell Airy [copy to each] 10 August 1833
HS/23/35Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood20 September 1848
HS/21/114Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough17 July 1832
HS/21/16Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough11 July 1828
HS/21/109Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough23 May 1832
HS/21/5Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at 56 Devonshire St.1828-3
HS/20/262Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth 7 September, dated at Boughton, Worcester7 September 1827
HS/21/148Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough25 September 1833
HS/20/266Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough19 December 1827
HS/22/259Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood29 November 1845
HS/21/175Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope10 May 1835
HS/21/116Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough25 September 1832
HS/21/87Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough9 August 1831
HS/22/160Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [Collingwood]29 June 1843
HS/22/305Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood2 March 1847
HS/22/167Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood8 September 1843
HS/22/118Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood26 May 1842
HS/23/180Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Collingwood11 September 1856
HS/16/297Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea4 January 1849
HS/16/299Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea9 July 1850
HS/16/274Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea20 November 1843
HS/16/280Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at [3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea]30 April 1845
HS/16/285Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at [3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea]16 November 1845
HS/16/289Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea22 April 1846
HS/16/305Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. John's Lodge12 November 1857
HS/21/70Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough27 May 1830
HS/21/75Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough6 September 1830
HS/21/195Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope26 October 1835
HS/21/73Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Slough8 August 1830
HS/21/160Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope15 May 1834
HS/25/13/25Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at [Collingwood]1845?
HS/25/13/13Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth8 November 1857
HS/16/315Letter, from William Henry Smyth to Admiral Robert FitzRoy24 November 1860
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    Browse the records of some of our collections, which cover all branches of science and date from the 12th century onwards. These include the published works of Fellows of the Royal Society, personal papers of eminent scientists, letters and manuscripts sent to the Society or presented at meetings, and administrative records documenting the Society's activities since our foundation in 1660.

    Early Letters
    Early Letters
    Campi Phlegraei
    Campi Phlegraei
    Papers of Elsie Widdowson and Robert McCance
    Papers of Elsie Widdowson and Robert McCance
    Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions
    Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions
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    oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
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