Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Bell
Reference number: HS/19/67
Date: 1 December 1832

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Autographed draft letter, signed or initialed by sender. Indebted to Charles Bell and friends for their encouragement, but John Frederick William Herschel declines Provost's invitation to be candidate for professorship at Edinburgh University.
- Reference number
- HS/19/67
- Earliest possible date
- 1 December 1832
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Bell, 1 December 1832, HS/19/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_19_67/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-sir-charles-bell, accessed on 10 February 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; 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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Charles Bell
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