Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Hudson Gurney, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/25/1/14
Date: 28 December 1830
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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. Regrets that John Frederick William Herschel's statements about Thomas Young have offended Young's wife. Appreciates Hudson Gurney's dilemma. Hopes Mrs. Young will find competent person to write Young's biography. Please return John Frederick William Herschel's manuscript and destroy copies.
- Reference number
- HS/25/1/14
- Earliest possible date
- 28 December 1830
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Hudson Gurney, dated at Slough, 28 December 1830, HS/25/1/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_1_14/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-hudson-gurney-dated-at-slough, accessed on 10 July 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 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. I, from 22 May 1830 to 8 March 1831
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/1
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Hudson Gurney
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