Miscellaneous correspondence, 1864 - 1872
Scope and Contents
Airy's miscellaneous personal correspondence on scientific and non-scientific topics, including a great number of obituaries and memoirs of fellow scientists. The correspondents include A.V. Auwers, C.T. Beke, W.B. Carpenter, J. Baxendell, H.E. Roscoe, A d'Abbadie, E. Dunkin, A. Cayley, W.H.M. Christie, C.E. Delaunay, E.J. Routh, H.A.E.A. Fayé, P.G. Tait, G. Forbes, E.J.A. Gautier, B.A. Gould, R. Grant, W. Harkness, J.F.W. Herschel, A.S. Herschel, C. Pritchard, J.N. Lockyer, W. Huggins, J.G.S. Lefevre, U.J.J. Le Verrier, F.N.M. Moigno, R.J. Murchison, R.S. Newall, S.J. Perry, R.A. Proctor, L. Respighi, L.M. Rutherford, B. Stewart and O. Struve. The papers include requests for testimonials; obituaries of C.E. Delaunay and A. de Morgan; a paper on trigonometrical surveying; an account by 'The Athenaeum' of a dinner in J.F.W. Herschel's honour; the discharge of J.F.W. Herschel from the army in 1762; a paper on Hepple's discoveries; a photograph of P.A. Secchi; and reference to wax seals.
Dates
- Creation: 1864 - 1872
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
2 archive box(es) (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
F4/15
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:42:16+00:00
Subject
- Christie, William Henry Mahoney, Sir, 1845 - 1922 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Adams, L, fl1800 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) (Person)
- Auwers, Arthur Julius Georg Friedrich von, 1838 - 1915 (astronomer) (Person)
- Baxendell, Joseph, 1815 - 1887 (meteorologist and astronomer) (Person)
- Delaunay, Charles (Eugène (1816-1872) astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
- Dunkin, Edwin, 1821 - 1898 (astronomer) (Person)
- Fayé, Herve Auguste Etienne Albans, 1814 - 1902 (astronomer) (Person)
- Forbes, James David, 1809 - 1868 (natural philosopher) (Person)
- Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer) (Person)
- Huggins, William, Sir, 1824 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Lockyer, Joseph Norman, Sir, 1836 - 1920 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Morgan, Augustus de, 1806 - 1871 (mathematician) (Person)
- Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) (Person)
- Roscoe, Harry Enfield, Sir, 1833 - 1915 (Knight, chemist and university administrator) (Person)
- Routh, Edward John, 1831 - 1907 (mathematician) (Person)
- Secchi, Pietro Angelo, 1818 - 1878 (astronomer) (Person)
- Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer) (Person)
- Lefevre, John George Shaw, Sir ((1797-1879) Knight, civil servant) (Person)
- Grant, Robert, 1814 - 1892 (astronomer) (Person)
- Cayley, Arthur, 1821 - 1895 (mathematician) (Person)
- Stewart, Balfour, 1828 - 1887 (physicist and meteorologist) (Person)
- Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813 - 1885 (naturalist) (Person)
- Beke, Charles Tilstone, 1800 - 1874 (Abyssinian explorer) (Person)
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