Letter, from Augustus Frederick to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kensington Palace

Reference number: HS/1/422

Date: 19 August 1838

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Lithographed circular signed by sender. Stating his reasons for his resignation from the presidency of the Royal Society [of London]

Reference number: HS/1/422
Earliest possible date: 19 August 1838
Page extent: 6 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Duke of Sussex Prince Augustus Frederick

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Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex Prince Augustus Frederick, Letter, from Augustus Frederick to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kensington Palace, 19 August 1838, HS/1/422, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_422/letter-from-augustus-frederick-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-kensington-palace, accessed on 11 November 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 1 Abbe-Auwers
1819-1875 Reference number: HS/1

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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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