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Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 14 Pogson-R miscellaneous

Reference number: HS/14

Date: 1810-1871

Description

Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.

Prominent correspondents include: Simeon Denis Poisson; Sir William Pole; Sir Frederick Pollock; George Richardson Porter; Baden Powell; John Eustace Prescott; Bartholomew Price; James Prinsep; Charles Pritchard; Richard Antony Proctor; Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet; Henri Victor Regnault; William Reid; Stephen Peter Rignauld; William Ritchie; Thomas Romney Robinson; Alexander Rogers; Sir Francis Ronalds; James Clark Ross; Lord John Russell; Sir Edward Ryan.

Reference number
HS/14
Earliest possible date
1810-1871
Physical description
Documents previously tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt. Disbound in 2023 and loose letters in folders.
Page extent
1 volume; 517 letters
Format
Manuscript

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Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 14 Pogson-R miscellaneous, 1810-1871, HS/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14/correspondence-of-john-frederick-william-herschel-volume-14-pogson-r-miscellaneous, accessed on 07 February 2026

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    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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