| Description | Supporting letters written on behalf of Thomas Edward Thorpe for the position of Chair of Chemistry at Anderson's University, Glasgow. Commencing with a covering letter of application from Thorpe, addressed to the Trustees and Managers of the University. With additional letters from: Henry Enfield Roscoe, Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen, Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp, Joseph Gouge Greenwood, James Prescott Joule, Robert Angus Smith, William Jack, Robert Bellamy Clifton, and Carl Schorlemmer. |