Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles James Fox Bunbury, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/5/119

Date: 17 October 1847

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Copy of a letter. Sending him details of the system of Education used at the Cape.

Reference number: HS/5/119
Earliest possible date: 17 October 1847
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles James Fox Bunbury, dated at Collingwood, 17 October 1847, HS/5/119, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_119/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-charles-james-fox-bunbury-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 09 October 2026

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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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