Correspondence, 1825-1885
Scope and Contents
Including [1, 18] with THOMAS CLARKSON (1825-39); [2] Note from WILLIAM WHEWELL (1826); [4] SIR ALEXANDER SPEARMAN (1835); [5] SAMUEL PHILLIPPS (1835); [6, 21] JOHN COURTNEY (1836-39); [7, 31] JOHN HAVILAND (1836-46); [9-17] THOMAS SPRING RICE (1837-8); [22-23] Invitation from SIR ROBERT PEEL (1842); [27-28] J.S. COPLEY, LORD LYNDHURST (1844); [30] SIR WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN (1846); [37-39] to LADY HERSCHEL (1852); [40-41] Letters of introduction by ROBERT STEPHENSON (1853); [42-44] HUGH PERCY, BISHOP OF CARLISLE (1853); [45-46] JAMES WILLIAMS (sculptor), (1857); [51-54] WILLIAM WHEWELL (1864); [57] to SIR G.G. STOKES (1873); [74-75] DORA JOHNSTON, asking whether GBA tells fortunes (1885).
Dates
- Creation: 1825-1885
Creator
- From the Fonds: Airy, Sir George Biddell, 1801-1892 (Knight and astronomer) (Person)
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Language of Materials
English
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