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Joseph Bullar
John Frederick William Herschel
Autograph letter signed by sender. Death of his sister a blow to John Bullar [father of writer].
3 July 1856 Sender: Joseph Bullar Reference number: HS/4/336
Autograph letter signed by sender. Their whole family is grateful for John Frederick William Herschel's letter of sympathy to Joseph Bullar's father.
15 July 1856 Sender: Joseph Bullar Reference number: HS/4/337
1860
Sir John Herschel publishes in the Proceedings of the Royal Society
1860: Sir John Herschel publishes some “Remarks on colour-blindness" extracted from a referee report on Pole’s paper on the same subject.
1861
Death of Margaret Louisa Marshall, née Herschel, daughter of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart
1861
William Morris established the decorative design firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company (later Morris & Company)
1861
Charles Dickens publishes Great Expectations as a three-volume book
1861
Sir John Herschel publishes Physical Geography as part of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
1861
Abraham Lincoln begins his term as President of the United States
4 March 1861
Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding electro-magnetic forces. His father's health is good.
22 October 1861 Sender: Joseph Bullar Reference number: HS/4/338
Autograph letter signed by sender. Is sending him an engraving of his late father. Sees that John Frederick William Herschel has finished his work he told him about.
29 November 1861 Sender: Joseph Bullar Reference number: HS/4/342
1865
Autograph letter signed by sender. Wished to quote John Frederick William Herschel's name in connection with one of his theories.
16 November 1865 Sender: Joseph Bullar Reference number: HS/4/339
Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for referring him to one of his essays.
25 November 1865 Sender: Joseph Bullar Reference number: HS/4/340
1866
Sir John Herschel publishes his translation of Homer’s Iliad
1866
1867
Sir John Herschel publishes Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects
1867
