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RefNoHS/11/480
LevelItem
TitleDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Cornewall Lewis, dated at 37 Tavistock Place, Russell Square
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date9 November 1859
DescriptionDraft letter. Recommending J. D. Forbes as a suitable person for the appointment of Principal at the University of St. Andrews.
LanguageEnglish
Extent3pp
FormatManuscript
Place origin37 Tavistock Place, Russell Square, London
Origin coordinates51.525, A0.1291
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialHS/23/285
RelatedRecordHS/23/285
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11563
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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