Whewell, William, 1794 - 1866 (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Note from W. Whewell to Hilda [Routh/Airy], '10 July' [pre-1866]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10450/3/2
Content Description
From the Fonds:
A set of Airy Family papers passed down through the family by Hilda Routh (née Airy), daughter of Astronomer Royal, George Biddell Airy.It includes a set of letters sent to Hida Routh on her honeymoon (from George, her mother Richarda, and sister Christabel Airy), newspaper cuttings primarily relating to George B. Airy, and miscellanea. It also includes three framed items: a photograph of George B. Airy on his 90th birthday and two lithographic prints showing Airy and the Airy...
Dates:
'10 July' [pre-1866]
File
Photographs of other individuals (not family), c.1855-1900
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10452/4/14
Scope and Contents
1-2. Adam Sedgwick (Autumn 1860, January 1862); 3. Duke of Devonshire, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1862); 4. Otto Struve, St Petersburg (1875); 5-7. Dr Whewell (pre-1866); 8. J. Russell Lowell (undated, c.1860-1880); 9. Robert Ransome of Ipswich (undated, c.1855-1864); 10. Baron Gorell of Brampton (Gorell Barnes) (undated, c.1870-1900).
Dates:
c.1855-1900
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Press cuttings relating mainly to the Airy family, 1860 - 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10450/2
Scope and Contents
A set of newspaper clippings concerning:
George Airy, including reports on his appointment as Knight Commander and on his observation of a solar eclipse in 1860;
Edward Routh;
the launch of the Victor Emmanuel at Greenwich and its naming by Hilda Airy, 1856;
the death of Dr William Whewell;
a funeral notice for Lady Richarda Airy, 1875.
Dates:
1860 - 1875
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- ARCHON code (for CUL materials): Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) X