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Richard Owen
John Frederick William Herschel
Birth of Matilda Rose Herschel, daughter of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart
1844
Autograph letter signed by sender. At the request of Mr. Clift, acknowledges John Frederick William Herschel's communication of the case of the Mare with the intestinal calculi. The specimens are very acceptable.
10 February 1844 Sender: Richard Owen Reference number: HS/13/187Sir John Herschel serves as President of the British Association
1845
Birth of Francisca Herschel, daughter of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart
1846
Sir John Herschel serves his second term as Foreign Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society
1846: To 1847
Sir John Herschel serves his second term as President of the Royal Astronomical Society
1847: Until 1849
Sir John Herschel receives the Copley Medal
1847: Sir John Herschel receives the Copley Medal of the Royal Society "For his work entitled Results of Astronomical Observations made during the years 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, at the Cape of Good Hope; being a completion of a telescopic survey of the whole surface of the visible heavens, commenced in 1825"
Sir John Herschel publishes a paper
1847: Sir John Herschel publishes Results of astronomical observations made during the years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, at the Cape of Good Hope; being a completion of a telescopic survey of the whole surface of the visible heavens, commenced in 1825.
Autograph letter signed by sender. Introducing Benjamin Travers, who intends visiting the Cape of Good Hope. Would welcome advice from John Frederick William Herschel.
28 December 1847 Sender: Richard Owen Reference number: HS/13/188
Autograph letter signed by sender. Has received John Frederick William Herschel's request regarding the Admiralty Manual. Will be pleased to contribute a section on collecting specimens.
31 December 1847 Sender: Richard Owen Reference number: HS/13/189The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood is formed, by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rosetti and others
1848
Napoleon III is elected first President of France
20 December 1848
Autograph letter signed by sender. The packet from the Admiralty was not the manuscript; that will follow speedily. Regrets any anxiety caused.
20 January 1848 Sender: Richard Owen Reference number: HS/13/190
Autograph letter signed by sender. Will resume work on his 'Instructions' for the Admiralty Manual after the conclusions of his lectures. Will be able to forward it before the end of May.
31 March 1848 Sender: Richard Owen Reference number: HS/13/191
Autograph letter signed by sender. Has now completed his manuscript for the Admiralty Manual. Runs to 90 pages. To what Office shall he forward it?
14 July 1848 Sender: Richard Owen Reference number: HS/13/192
Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been condensing his contribution to the Admiralty Manual, now reduced to forty pages; comments on this. The Westminster fever delayed the Admiralty manuscript.
17 July 1848 Sender: Richard Owen Reference number: HS/13/193
Autograph letter signed by sender. Received the seven leaves of his manuscript from [John?] Murray yesterday. Comments on matters relating to the Admiralty Manual and RO's contribution.
16 November 1848 Sender: Richard Owen Reference number: HS/13/194Sir John Herschel publishes Outlines of Astronomy.
1849
Sir John Herschel is appointed Master of the Mint
1850
Sir John Herschel serves as juror of the Great Exhibition
1851
Autograph letter signed by sender. Mr. Chadwick, who is now R. Owen's guest, believes that one of John Frederick William Herschel's sons is at a preparatory school near Clapham. Would welcome John Frederick William Herschel's advice on a suitable school.
22 December 1853 Sender: Richard Owen Reference number: HS/13/195Birth of Constance Anne Herschel, daughter of John Frederick William Herschel and Margaret Brodie Stewart
1855
Sir John Herschel is elected Foreign Associate of the Institut de France
1855
Sir John Herschel resigns from his position as Master of the Mint
1855
Regarding the Astronomer Royal's [George Biddell Airy] opinion on the establishment of a station for magnetic observations at a variety of locations in North America and Falkland [Islands] and the related expenses.
22 December 1858 Sender: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: MC/5/381Sir 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.
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. Expressing thanks for the gift of one of John Frederick William Herschel's memoirs.
29 October 1862 Sender: Richard Owen Reference number: HS/13/196