Letter, from Eccard Leichner to the Royal Society, dated at Erfurt Signed autograph Offers his thoughts, based on his 'Apodictical Improvement of Schools', that those who govern should take responsibility for scholarship. He asks the Royal Society to pass on his letter and book to Charles II. Henry Oldenburg endorsed the letter: 'A Letter written to ye R Society by Dr Leichner of Erfurt about the Amendments to be made in Schooles, for the better improvement of knowledge' Read to the Royal Society on 26 August 1663 Eccard Leichner (1612-1690), physician and theologian, Professor of Medicine at Erfurt from 1646 For summary see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 45 16 April 1663