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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Hierarchy
This volume contains 513 manuscripts:
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Letter, from Norman Pogson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hartwell, Aylesbury
17 March 1860 Creator: Norman Robert Pogson Reference number: HS/14/1 -
Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Norman Pogson, dated at Collingwood
19 March 1860 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/14/2 -
Letter, from Norman Pogson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hartwell, Aylesbury
3 April 1860 Creator: Norman Robert Pogson Reference number: HS/14/3 -
Letter, from Norman Pogson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hartwell, Aylesbury
15 April 1860 Creator: Norman Robert Pogson Reference number: HS/14/4
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
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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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