Letter, from Thomas P. Kirkman to Sir John Herschel, dated at Croft Rectory near Warrington

Reference number: HS/11/47

Date: 4 April 1863

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has lately resumed the study of the theory of groups. Further comments on the French Academy and the award of the mathematical medal.

Reference number: HS/11/47
Earliest possible date: 4 April 1863
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Thomas Penyngton Kirkman

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Thomas Penyngton Kirkman, Letter, from Thomas P. Kirkman to Sir John Herschel, dated at Croft Rectory near Warrington, 4 April 1863, HS/11/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_11_47/letter-from-thomas-p-kirkman-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-croft-rectory-near-warrington, accessed on 16 November 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 11 Kane-L miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/11

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