Summary of letters, from Sir John Herschel to Mary Somerville
Reference number: HS/25/14/1
Date: 1870s
Description
Summaries of letters, made as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father.
Summary of 5 letters from Sir John Frederick William Herschel to Mary Somerville published in the 'Personal recollections of Mary Somerville' March 1873.
Letters dated:
Undated probably 1827 [Read Somerville's manuscript]
23 February 1830 [Somerville to 'contemplate separate publications']
17 July 1830 [Arrival to Feldhausen]
18 March 1844 [Not received Somerville's letter in a while]
21 November 1845 [Expresses his 'pleasure']
Each letters is decribed in a few words.
- Reference number
- HS/25/14/1
- Earliest possible date
- 1870s
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Summary of letters, from Sir John Herschel to Mary Somerville, 1870s, HS/25/14/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_14_1/summary-of-letters-from-sir-john-herschel-to-mary-somerville, accessed on 25 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 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to various correspondents with uncertain dates
1875 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/14
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John Frederick William Herschel
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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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