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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Augustus De Morgan

Reference number: HS/23/251

Date: 1858

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Copy of a letter. Is Augustus De Morgan interested in the Lowndean Professorship at Cambridge?

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HS/23/251
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1858
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1 page
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Augustus De Morgan, 1858, HS/23/251, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_251/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-augustus-de-morgan, accessed on 12 February 2026

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