Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Roderick Impey Murchison

Reference number: HS/19/116

Date: April 1844

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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Willing to chair B.A.A.S. meeting next year, provided no other duties are imposed on John Frederick William Herschel's time and that no one else desires that office.

Reference number: HS/19/116
Earliest possible date: April 1844
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Roderick Impey Murchison, April 1844, HS/19/116, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_19_116/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-roderick-impey-murchison, accessed on 13 September 2026

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
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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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