Letters to Horace Darwin, 1886 - 1903
Scope and Contents
Contains the following letters sent to Horace Darwin:
1. Single letter from Charles Burton, 31 Dec. n.d.
2. Two letters from Hugh Longbourne Callendar, 19 and 24 May 1890
3. Single letter from H. J. Chaney, 20 Feb. 1886
4. Four letters from Ralph Copeland, Oct 1893-Jun 1894
5. Single letter from George Howard Darwin, 19 Mar. 1893
6. Six letters from Charles Davison, Jul 1892-Aug. 1894
7. Single letter from Horace's father-in-law, Thomas Henry Farrer, 4 Mar. 1899
8. Two letters from James Forrest, 21 and 22 Nov. 1890
9. Single letter from Richard Tetley Glazebrook, 10 Apr. 1900
10. Single letter from Frederick John Jervis-Smith, 13 Jan. 1900
11. Single letter from Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, 27 Jan. 1887
12. Single letter from George Thomas Livesey, 1 Apr. 1899
13. Single letter from Richard Threlfall with drawing, 7 Apr. 1903
Also includes two letters from the British Association for the Advancement of Science inviting Horace to serve on two investigatory committees, Nov. 1888 and Sep. 1892; and letters from J. Carter Jonas and Sons regarding property known as 'Giles Court, Castle Hill, Cambridge', Jan.-Mar. 1893.
Dates
- Creation: 1886 - 1903
Creator
- Callendar, Hugh Longbourne, 1863-1930 (physicist) (Person)
- Copeland, Ralph, 1837 - 1905 (astronomer) (Person)
- Darwin, George Howard, Sir, 1845-1912 (Knight, mathematician and geophysicist) (Person)
- Farrer, Thomas Henry, 1819–1899 (first Baron Farrer, civil servant) (Person)
- Davison, Charles, 1858-1940 (mathematician) (Person)
- Glazebrook, Sir Richard Tetley, 1854-1935 (Knight, physicist) (Person)
- Smith, Frederick John Jervis-, 1848-1911 (physicist) (Person)
- Forrest, James, 1825-1917 (engineer) (Person)
- Kennedy, Alexander Blackie William, Sir, 1847-1928 (Knight, mechanical and electrical engineer) (Person)
- Livesey, George Thomas, Sir, 1834-1908 (Knight, gas engineer and industrialist) (Person)
- Threlfall, Richard, Sir, 1861-1932 (Knight, physicist and chemical engineer) (Person)
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Extent
1 folder(s)
Repository Details
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