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Authorised form of nameWhewell; William (1794 - 1866); college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science
Dates1794 - 1866
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBrock Street, Lancaster, England
Date of birth24 May 1794
Place of deathTrinity College, Cambridge
Date of death06 March 1866
Dates and placesBurial:
Trinity College antechapel, Cambridge
ActivityEducation:
MA
Career:
First person to give the term 'scientist' its modern meaning; Died from a mortal injury caused from falling from his bolting horse, Trinity College, Cambridge
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election13/04/1820
Royal Society activityRoyal Society roles:
VP 1835-1836, 1858-1860
Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1837
Lectures:
Bakerian 1848
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1867-1868 vol 16 pp li-lxi signed by J F W H
References:
S Ross, 'Faraday Consults the Scholars: the Origins of the Terms of Electrochemistry' in NR 1961 vol 16 pp 187-220, plate
R Robson and Walter F Cannon, 'William Whewell, FRS (1794-1866)' in NR 1964 vol 19 pp 168-191, plate
W H Brock, 'The Selection of the Authors of the Bridgewater Treatises' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 162-179
P M Harman, 'Newton to Maxwell: the Principia and British Physics' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 75-96
John Hedley Brooke, review of Colin A Russell, Lancastrian Chemist: the Early Years of Sir Edward Frankland in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 135-136
M V Wilkes, 'Herschel, Peacock, Babbage and the Development of the Cambridge Curriculum' in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 205-219
William T Ashworth, 'Defining Whewell', review of Richard Yeo, Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge, and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 260-262, plate
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/29606152
Royal Society codeNA6578
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
DM/1/9Letter from William Whewell, Trinity College, Cambridge, to James Hudson, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society6 March 1831
IM/004859Whewell, Williamnd
DM/1/30Letter from William Whewell, Trinity College, Cambridge, to P M Roget21 March 1831
IM/Maull/004857Whewell, Williamnd
MS/257/5/101Letter from William Whewell, Trinity College, Lowestoft to James Clark Ross1 August 1847
MS/257/5/102Letter from William Whewell, Trinity College, Cambridge to Edward Sabine8 April 1857
MM/19/122Letter from William Whewell to Rev J S Howson20 March 1862
RR/2/261Referee's report by Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd Baronet, on a paper 'Researches on the tides.—fourteenth series. on the results of continued tide observations at several places on the british coasts' by William Whewell13 February 1850
RR/1/107Referee's report by William Whewell, on a paper 'On the state of the interior of the earth' by William Hopkins16 February 1839
RR/2/65Referee's report by William Whewell, on a paper 'On the lunar atmospheric tide at Singapore' by Charles Morgan Elliot25 March 1852
NLB/62/462Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Assistant Secretary of the British Association17 February 1922
RR/1/259Referee's report by William Whewell and James Cumming on an unnamed paper by Charles Wheatstone[c.1830]
MC/4/190Letter from Reverend William Whewell, Trinity Lodge, Cambridge, to the Secretary of the Royal Society9 November 1847
IM/004858Whewell, William1835
CMB/42/2/4Minutes, meeting of the Royal Medal Committee in Astronomy13 April 1833
CMB/42/2/2Minutes, meeting of the Royal Medal Committee in Astronomy3 April 1833
RR/5/107Referee's report by William Whewell, on a paper 'On the tides of the arctic seas. Part I. On the diurnal tides of Port Leopold, North Somerset' by Samuel Haughton1 November 1862
MC/2/148Letter from William Whewell, Trinity College Cambridge, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society26 November 1834
EC/1819/37Whewell, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/1/36Referee's report by William Whewell, on a paper 'Discussion of tide observations at Bristol' by T G Bunt4 April 1838
RR/2/164Referee's report by William Whewell, on a paper 'On the tides, bed and coasts of the North Sea or German Ocean' by John Murray29 March 1852
RR/1/153Referee's report by William Whewell, George Peacock and Henry Coddington, on a paper 'Researches in physical astronomy' by John William Lubbock3 May 1832
PT/34/1/1Manuscript, 'Researches on the tides - thirteenth series. On the tides of the Pacific, and on the diurnal inequality' by Rev W [William] Whewell8 November 1847
PT/34/1/7Plate, figure 6 showing effect of compound waves on tide by William Whewell8 November 1847
PT/34/1/6Plate, figure 5 showing rotation of tide-wave by William Whewell8 November 1847
PT/34/1/2Plate, figures 1-2 showing line of no tide in ocean and cotidal lines by William Whewell8 November 1847
PT/34/1/3Plate, figure 3 showing cotidal lines in relation to coast by William Whewell8 November 1847
PT/34/1/4Plate, figure 4 showing cotidal rings surrounding an island by William Whewell8 November 1847
PT/34/1/8Plate, early drafts of figure 6 showing effect of compound waves on tide by William Whewell8 November 1847
MC/2Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1832-1838
PT/37/10/2Plate, diagram representing change of tides over twelve-hour cycle by William Whewell[1849]
RR/2/262Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'Researches on the tides.—fourteenth series. on the results of continued tide observations at several places on the british coasts' by William Whewell11 February 1850
MC/2/147Letter from George Peacock, Trinity College Cambridge, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society26 November 1834
RR/3/133Referee's report by William Whewell, on a paper 'On the physical structure of the old red sandstone of the country of Waterford, considered with relation to cleavage, joint surfaces, and faults' by Reverend Samuel Haughton20 April 1858
MC/2/196Letter from Dr. Peter Mark Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society], to Francis Baily, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]3 March 1836
MC/2/206Copy letter from [William] Whewell, Trinity College Cambridge, to Dr. Augustus Bozzi Granville17 May 1836
MC/2/207Letter from Dr. Augustus Bozzi Granville, 16 Grafton Street, Berkeley Square, to [William Whewell], the Chairman of the Council of the Royal Society18 May 1836
MC/2/205Letter from [William] Whewell to John George Children, Secretary of the Royal Society17 May 1836
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
RR/5/108Referee's report by William Whewell, on a paper 'On the Tides of the Arctic Seas.— Part II. The semidiurnal Tides of port leopold, North Somerset' by Samuel Haughton4 December 1862
MC/3/22Letter from William Whewell, Trinity College Cambridge, to the Chairman of the Council of the Royal Society7 May 1839
PT/34/1/5Plate, figures 1-6 showing cotidal lines and rings, tidal rotation, and compound waves by William Whewell8 November 1847
PT/73/11/7Diagrams, rhomboid divided into small rhomboids by [William Whewell?][1824]
PT/37/10/3Plate, 'Modification which the semimensual inequality of heights undergoes in ascending the Bristol Channel from Pembroke to Bristol' by D Ross[1849]
PT/73/11/8Diagrams, angles of prisms by [William Whewell?][1824]
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
PT/37/10/1Manuscript, 'Tide researches. Fourteenth series. On the results of continued tide observations at several places on the British coasts' by W [William] Whewell[1849]
HSF/1/1/17Letter from W [William] Whewell, T L [Trinity Lodge, Cambridge], to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel27 May 1864
PT/34/1Paper, 'Researches on the tides - thirteenth series. On the tides of the Pacific, and on the diurnal inequality' by Rev W [William] Whewell8 November 1847
MS/257/5/149Suggestions for an expedition to be made with a view of completing our knowledge of the tides by [William Whewell]19th century
MS/257/5/100Letter from William Whewell, Trinity College, Cambridge to James Clark Ross30 May 1847
RR/1/24Referee's report by William Whewell, 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 Bianchi5 November 1836
RR/1/2Referee's report by William Whewell and John William Lubbock, on a paper 'On an inequality of long period in the motions of the Earth and Venus' by George Biddell Airy12 January 1832
PT/37/10Paper, 'Tide researches. Fourteenth series. On the results of continued tide observations at several places on the British coasts' by W [William] Whewell[1849]
RR/1/40Referee's report by William Whewell, on a paper 'Experimental of laws of magneto-electric induction in different masses of the same metal, and of Intensity in different metals' by Samuel Hunter Christie[1833]
RR/4/214Referee's report by William Whewell, on a paper 'On the thermo-dynamic theory of steam-engines with dry saturated steam, and its application to practice' by William John Macquorn Rankine3 March 1859
PT/74/3/14Chart, 'Solar correction of heights. Periodic parts. Liverpool' by [William Whewell][1836]
PT/73/11/9Diagrams, tetrahedron, rhombic octahedron, triangular prism, and rhombic dodecahedron by [William Whewell?][1824]
HS/20/39Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Slough4 February 1817
HSF/1/1/7Letter from W [William] Whewell, Trin[ity] Lodge, [Cambridge], to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel8 April 1862
HSF/1/1/3Letter from [William Whewell], Trinity Lodge, Cambridge, to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel16 December 1861
HSF/1/1/10Letter from W [William] Whewell, Trin[ity] Lodge, [Cambridge], to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel9 May 1862
HSF/1/1/23Notes [by William Whewell], on 'The Iliad', [translated by Sir John Frederick William Herschel]no date [December 1861-January 1862]
HSF/1/1/24Notes [by William Whewell], on 'The Iliad', [translated by Sir John Frederick William Herschel]no date [1864]
HSF/1/1/19Letter from W [William] Whewell, to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschelno date [November 1864]
HSF/1/1/20Letter from W [William] Whewell, T L [Trinity Lodge, Cambridge], to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel19 November 1864
HSF/1/1/14Letter from W [William] Whewell, Trin[ity] Lodge, [Cambridge], to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel9 April 1864
HSF/1/1/22Letter from W [William] Whewell, Trin[ity] Lodge [Cambridge] to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel17 January 1866
HSF/1/1/13Letter from W [William] Whewell, T L [Trinity Lodge, Cambridge], to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel17 March 1864
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
HSF/1/1/25Notes [by William Whewell], on 'The Iliad', [translated by Sir John Frederick William Herschel]no date [1865]
HSF/1/1/11Part letter from W W [William Whewell], to [Sir John Frederick William Herschel]26 December 1862
HSF/1/1/1Letter from W [William] Whewell, Trinity Lodge, Cambridge, to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel7 December 1861
HSF/1/1/16Letter from W [William] Whewell, Trin[ity] Lodge, [Cambridge], to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel14 April 1864
HSF/1/1/12Letter from W [William] Whewell, Trin[ity] Lodge, [Cambridge], to [Sir John Frederick William Herschel]3 February 1864
HS/20/166Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Slough24 November 1823
HS/20/155Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Downing St.11 November 1822
HSF/1/1/18Letter from W [William] Whewell, T L [Trinity Lodge, Cambridge], to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel25 October 1864
HS/18/175Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College14 October 1828
HS/22/273Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to [William] WhewellJune 1846
HS/18/210Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris1 January 1847
HS/18/166Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dolcoath Mine, Cornwall13 June 1826
HS/27/87mLetter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College, Cambridge22 January 1861
HS/19/266Comments on John Herschel's translation of Friedrich Schiller's "The Walk", by William Whewell26 December 1842
HS/18/160Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College1 November 1818
HS/18/191Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College22 February 1840
HS/18/203Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge4 April 1846
HS/18/187Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at University Club10 June 1836
HS/18/177Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College15 February 1829
HS/18/184Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brasted14 January 1833
HS/18/202Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hastings20 August 1845
DM/1/26Draft of a letter from P M Roget18 March 1831
HS/18/178Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College27 February 1829
HS/18/172Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College6 March 1828
HS/18/159Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College19 June 1818
HS/18/195Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College26 June 1841
HS/18/180Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College25 March 1829
HS/18/181Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College10 February 1831
HS/21/81Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Slough16 May 1831
HS/18/194Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College20 April 1841
HS/18/190Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College3 December 1838
HS/18/182Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College3 June 1831
HS/18/171Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College31 December 1827
HS/18/220Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge14 November 1865
HS/18/213Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lowestoft3 January 1854
HS/18/196Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at University Club25 July 1841
HS/18/163Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College15 October 1823
HS/18/212Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge4 September 1848
HS/18/221Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood11 December 1865
HS/18/174Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College20 September 1828
HS/18/201Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge8 April 1843
HS/18/179Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College8 March 1829
HS/18/200Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge27 December 1842
HS/18/173Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College3 April 1828
HS/18/170Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College23 November 1827
HS/18/169Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College28 October 1827
HS/18/158Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College6 March 1817
HS/18/164Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell1823-10-15 or later
HS/18/189Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lancaster1838-9-10?
HS/18/208Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge23 November 1846
HS/18/162Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College [Cambridge]17 October 1822
HS/18/217Letter, from William Whewell to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge10 February 1861
HS/18/186Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College9 April 1836
HS/20/157Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William WhewellDecember 1822
HS/22/340Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood23 December 1847
HS/22/3Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell 22 February22 February 1839
HS/22/272Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood17 May 1846
HS/22/232Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at CollingwoodMay 1845
HS/22/224Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William WhewellMarch 1845
HS/24/125Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood22 October 1865
HS/25/14/35Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell1846 to 1847
HS/25/4/9Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Feldhausen near Wynberg7 February 1835
HS/25/5/16Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to [William Whewell], dated at Slough28 August 1839
HS/25/3/18Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Cape Town28 January 1834
HS/20/170Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell19 December 1823
HS/18/167Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Fetter Lane1 July 1826
HS/18/219Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge3 November 1865
HS/18/188Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College4 December 1836
HS/18/211Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge12 March 1845
HS/18/168Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College13 October 1826
HS/18/199Incomplete letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge3 January 1842
HS/18/214Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Athenaeum29 September 1859
HS/18/176Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William WhewellFebruary 1829
HS/18/165Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College11 April 1826
HS/18/218Letter, from William Whewell to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge16 November 1861
HS/18/205Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lowestoft3 July 1846
HS/18/206Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lowestoft3 November 1846
HS/18/161Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brighton20 January 1822
HS/18/197Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell30 July 1841
HS/18/198Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ambleside24 October 1841
HS/18/157Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Slough4 February 1817
HS/23/201Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell23 May 1851
HS/18/216Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge27 January 1861
HS/20/168Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell15 October 1823
HS/23/97Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William WhewellFebruary 1851
HS/20/44Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Slough18 June 1817
HS/20/246Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell 20] January20 January 1827
HS/21/36Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell1821
HS/18/185Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College30 January 1833
HS/21/264Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Slough22 October 1838
HS/22/194Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood15 May 1844
HS/22/203Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood27 August 1844
HS/23/96Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at 32 Harley St.4 February 1851
HS/20/237Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Calais28 August 1826
HS/21/272Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell19 December 1838
HS/20/248Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell3 February 1827
HS/21/37Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William WhewellFebruary 1829
HS/21/179Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Feldhausen4 July 1835
HS/21/258Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Slough13 September 1838
HS/21/266Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell28 October 1838
HS/21/259Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at 10 Hanover Terrace17 September 1838
HS/22/136Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood29 September 1842
HS/22/48Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Slough12 April 1840
HS/22/237Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood2 June 1845
HS/22/294Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood29 December 1846
HS/23/250Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood17 December 1858
HS/21/79Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Slough15 February 1831
HS/22/90Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at HawkhurstJune 1841
HS/22/100Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at HawkhurstNovember 1841
HS/23/391Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood29 October 1862
HS/22/120Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William WhewellJune 1842
HS/22/24Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell7 August 1839
HS/23/374Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood8 May 1862
HS/22/126Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at CollingwoodJuly 1842
HS/22/36Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William WhewellJune 1840
HS/23/105Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at 32 Harley St.25 July 1851
HS/23/218Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood30 January 1858
HS/22/41Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William WhewellMarch 1839
HS/22/239Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood5 June 1845
HS/23/140Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William WhewellFebruary 1854
HS/23/244Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood19 October 1858
HS/23/13Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood16 February 1848
HS/23/49Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood28 November 1848
HS/23/72Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood19 October 1849
HS/22/6Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell31 March 1839
HS/22/47Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William WhewellJune 1840
HS/23/275Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood4 September 1859
HS/23/38Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood30 September 1848
HS/23/98Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at 32 Harley St.27 February 1851
HS/22/108Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood6 January 1842
HS/23/57Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at 3 Henrietta St., Covent Garden12 February 1849
HS/23/233Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood21 June 1858
HS/23/205Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood17 September 1857
HS/23/196Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood12 April 1857
HS/23/353Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood5 December 1861
HS/24/30Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood10 February 1864
HS/23/368Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood17 April 1862
HS/23/357Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood12 December 1861
HS/23/401Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood27 December 1862
HS/24/46Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood16 May 1864
HS/24/38Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood11 April 1864
HS/24/36Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood2 April 1864
HS/24/121Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood27 September 1865
HS/24/65Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at CollingwoodJuly 1864
HS/24/62Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood21 October 1864
HS/25/4/12Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Feldhausen near Wynberg25 July 1835
HS/24/130Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at CollingwoodNovember 1865
HS/24/134Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood11 December 1865
HS/24/127Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood3 November 1865
HS/20/240Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell17 October 1826
HS/21/47Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at 17 Nottingham Mew17 May 1829
HS/22/225Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood10 March 1845
HS/22/249Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood5 October 1845
HS/22/286Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood6 November 1846
HS/22/20Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Slough20 March 1839
HS/22/201Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood22 July 1844
HS/23/149Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at 35 Bedford Place, Russell Square28 October 1854
HS/23/90Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood21 August 1850
HS/18/207Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood6 November 1846
HS/20/56Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Crooked Crabtree, St. Leonard's Forest19 August 1818
HS/20/77Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at 49 Charlotte St., Portland Place1 December 1819
HS/20/46Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Slough26 July 1817
HS/20/191Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at 2 Orchard St.28 November 1824
HS/21/228Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Feldhausen20 August 1837
HS/22/282Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood2 September 1846
HS/22/242Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood10 June 1845
HS/22/172Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood29 November 1843
HS/22/131Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood21 July 1842
HS/22/61Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood6 August 1840
HS/23/86Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood5 May 1850
HS/24/133Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood7 December 1865
HS/18/183Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity College18 September 1831
HS/18/193Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood16 April 1841
HS/18/204Extract of letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood29 June 1846
HS/18/209Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood29 December 1846
HS/21/182Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Feldhausen near Wynberg25 July 1835
HS/21/224Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Feldhausen22 July 1837
HS/22/84Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood16 April 1841
HS/23/2Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood5 January 1848
HS/23/95Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at 32 Harley St.2 February 1851
HS/23/359Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood22 January 1862
HS/23/366Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood10 April 1862
HS/24/7Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood22 January 1863
HS/24/82Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood29 January 1865
HS/24/138Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood14 January 1866
HS/25/2/21Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Slough20 September 1831
HS/25/14/33Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at [Collingwood]1845 to 1850?
HSF/1/1/21Letter from W [William] Whewell, to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschelno date [1865?]
HSF/1/1/9Letter from W [William] Whewell, Trin[ity] Lodge, [Cambridge], to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel19 April 1862
HSF/1/1/8Letter from W [William] Whewell, Trin[ity] Lodge, [Cambridge], to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel14 April 1862
HSF/1/1/6Letter from W [William] Whewell, Trinity Lodge, [Cambridge], to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel28 January 1862
HSF/1/1/5Letter from W [William] Whewell, C C [Cliff Cottage, Lowestoft], to [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel15 January 1862
HS/25/13/7Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell 4?] November, dated at Collingwood4 November 1846
HS/25/13/29Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William WhewellMay 1846
HS/18/215Letter, from William Whewell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Trinity Lodge, Cambridge29 November 1860
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