RefNo | HS/9 |
Level | SubSeries |
Title | Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 9 R Grahame-Horsburgh |
Date | 1819-1871 |
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: Robert Grant; Asa Gray; J Henry Griesbach; Stephen Groombridge; William Robert Grove; Hudson Gurney; Wilhelm von Haidinger; Basil Hall; Marshall Hall; William Richard Hamilton; William Vernon Harcourt; Robert Harley; William Henry Harvey; Thomas Henderson; John Russell Hind; Thomas Hodgkin; Henry Holland; William Jackson Hooker; William Hopkins; Leonard Horner; James Horsburgh. |
Extent | 1 volume; 500 letters |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | 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. |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |