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Draft epitaph to F[rancis] Baily, by Sir John Frederick William Herschel

Reference number: HS/19/188

Date: 13 March 1845

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Handwritten draft version of the epitaph of astronomer Francis Baily, written by Herschel. Dated at the bottom of the page.

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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

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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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