| RefNo | MS/603/5/49 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Margaret Lindsay Huggins, 90 Upper Tulse Hill, S W [South West], to Sir Joseph [Larmor] |
| Creator | Huggins; Margaret Lindsay (1848 - 1915); Née; Murray; wife of William Huggins FRS; Irish-English astronomer; spectroscopist |
| Recipient | Larmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); British theoretical physicist |
| Date | 30 August 1911 |
| Description | Huggins is glad that Larmor agrees with her, regarding the memorial tablet for Sir William Huggins at the Huggins Observatory. She then notes her disappointment with the King's Coronation Honours list, feeling that 'the claims of Science were certainly underestimated'. She names Sir Ronald Ross as a deserved recipent in the medical field. However, she wishes that Professor [Hugh Frank] Newall had gained a knighthood, as should Dr [Frank Watson] Dyson. She feels that King George ought to focus more on science, noting that 'if he would visit fewer hospitals, and at least two Observatories - the Royal one at Greenwich, and the University one at Cambridge, H Majesty would be wise'. She then comments on the interesting news of the theft of the Mona Lisa, and wonders if this will be retold in literature. She discusses noteworthy occurrences that have taken place in the British Museum such as the discovery of a bronze head that they thought to be 'Augustus' before finding this not to be the case. She asks what Larmor thinks of Sir [William] Ramsay's latest address, and comments on the 'beautiful' reference to William Huggins from Sir Archibald Geike in his November address. She recommends a volume of early Irish poetry by Kuno Meyer. She notes that she will be taking a painting holiday for a fortnight in Snowdonia with her friend Miss Donkin [possibly Alice Emily Donkin]. |
| Extent | 20p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7894 | Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); physicist | 1857 - 1942 |