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Letter, from Friedrich Eduard Beneke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin

Reference number: HS/4/61

Date: 7 April 1845

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Letter to accompany a gift of part of Friedrich Eduard Beneke's latest work on psychology and knowledge, urging John Frederick William Herschel to encourage England to study psychology.

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HS/4/61
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7 April 1845
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Friedrich Eduard Beneke

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Friedrich Eduard Beneke, Letter, from Friedrich Eduard Beneke to Sir John Herschel, dated at Berlin, 7 April 1845, HS/4/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_61/letter-from-friedrich-eduard-beneke-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 04 December 2024

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