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
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- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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 22 March 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 1 Abbe-Auwers
1819-1875 Reference number: HS/1
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Augustus Frederick
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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