Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Georg Adolph Erman, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/24/349
Date: 26 January 1871
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Copy of a letter. Note to accompany a translation of one of Georg Adolph Erman's writings; also comments on the 'reform' of the German language.
- Reference number
- HS/24/349
- Earliest possible date
- 26 January 1871
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Georg Adolph Erman, dated at Collingwood, 26 January 1871, HS/24/349, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_349/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-georg-adolph-erman-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 08 February 2026
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 24 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/24
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Georg Adolf Erman
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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