Draft epitaph to F[rancis] Baily, by Sir John Frederick William Herschel
Reference number: HS/19/188
Date: 13 March 1845
Description
Handwritten draft version of the epitaph of astronomer Francis Baily, written by Herschel. Dated at the bottom of the page.
- Reference number
- HS/19/188
- Earliest possible date
- 13 March 1845
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 1 p.
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft epitaph to F[rancis] Baily, by Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 13 March 1845, HS/19/188, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_19_188/draft-epitaph-to-francis-baily-by-sir-john-frederick-william-herschel, accessed on 19 July 2026
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 19 Miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/19
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Francis Baily
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