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Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Has had a letter from the Secretary of the Dijon Academy offering him and Charles Babbage the title of Non-Resident Associate of the Academy. Is there any chance of seeing him in the near future?

Reference number
HS/20/147
Earliest possible date
13 July 1822
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, 13 July 1822, HS/20/147, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_147/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-charles-babbage, accessed on 12 July 2026

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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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