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Letter, from Miles Bland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge

Reference number: HS/4/153

Date: 10 March 1818

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Autograph letter signed by sender. There is shortly to be a vacancy in the Woodwardian professorship at Cambridge. Would John Frederick William Herschel like to stand? If so, let him know then he can rally support.

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HS/4/153
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10 March 1818
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Miles Bland

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Miles Bland, Letter, from Miles Bland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge, 10 March 1818, HS/4/153, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_153/letter-from-miles-bland-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 03 December 2024

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