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Letter from [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel, Slough, to John George Children, Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: MC/2/51

Date: 20 October 1832

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Responding to Children's letter, dated 16 October, regarding his nomination to be elected to the Council. Herschel cites prior and alternate commitments, including abroad to the Cape, as reasons why he would not be able to perform this duty.
[Entered into Vol. 11, p.323 of Council Minutes]

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MC/2/51
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20 October 1832
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2 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from [Sir John Frederick William] Herschel, Slough, to John George Children, Secretary of the Royal Society, 20 October 1832, MC/2/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mc_2_51/letter-from-sir-john-frederick-william-herschel-slough-to-john-george-children-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 16 April 2026

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