Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas W. Hornbuckle, dated at [56 Devonshire St.]
Reference number: HS/9/487
Date: 13 October 1826
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Draft letter. Declines being considered for the Lucasian professorship at Cambridge, stating his convictions 'that I shall do more for science as an independent amateur than as a Professor of any particular branch or department of it.' Proposes Charles Babbage as candidate. [Also includes draft of letter to George Peacock requesting his support for Babbage.]
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- 13 October 1826
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas W. Hornbuckle, dated at [56 Devonshire St.], 13 October 1826, HS/9/487, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_487/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-thomas-w-hornbuckle-dated-at-56-devonshire-st, accessed on 08 October 2026
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