RefNo | HS/22/129 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 20 July 1842 |
Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Comments on expected honor from Prussian government and on British rules against officially accepting it. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original available: AdWDDR Bessel 225 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8539
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA3847 | Bessel; Friedrich Wilhelm (1784 - 1846); astronomer | 1784 - 1846 |