Correspondence on visitor admissions, 1866 - 1872
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding admissions to visit the Royal Observatory. The volume is divided broadly into requests by the Admiralty to visit the Royal Observatory, introductions on behalf of visitors, and personal requests to visit the Observatory. The correspondents include H.C.G.G. Lennox, G.H. Richards, F.J.O. Evans, R. Hall, J. Winlock, B.A. Gould, R. Grant, E.J. Stone, A.A. de la Rive, C.T. Bright, J.W. Lubbock, J.C. Adams, E.J. Routh, J. Glaisher, W. De La Rue, W. Farr, the Earl of Rosse, W.G. Clark, F.N.O. Moigno, W. Spottiswoode, T.E.V. Oppolzer, L.A. Quetelet, C.E. Delaunay, J.V. Madler, J. Birmingham, J.W. Draper, L.M. Rutherford, C. Lyell, C.V. Walker, H.C. Rawlinson, G.G. Stokes, F.J. Scudamore, R.J. Hoopell, G.W. Hunt, R.J. Mann, W.H. Flower, T.W. Webb, H. Parkes, F. Guthrie, L.J. Behier, W. Wright, T.A. Hirst and R.J. Mann.
Dates
- 1866 - 1872
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
F2/115
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:55:40+00:00
- Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer)
- Admiralty
- Delaunay, Charles (Eugène (1816-1872) astronomer and mathematician)
- Draper, John William, 1811 - 1882 (chemist and historian)
- Evans, Frederick John Owen, 1815 - 1885 (hydrographer)
- Glaisher, James, 1809 - 1903 (astronomer)
- Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer)
- Grant, Robert, 1814 - 1892 (astronomer)
- Lubbock, John William, Sir, 1803 - 1865 (3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker)
- Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797 - 1875 (1st Baronet, geologist)
- Oppolzer, Theodor Egon Ritter von, 1841 - 1886 (astronomer)
- Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer)
- Quetelet, Lambert (Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist)
- Richards, George Henry, Sir, 1820 - 1896 (Knight, naval officer and hydrographer)
- Routh, Edward John, 1831 - 1907 (mathematician)
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer)
- Spottiswoode, William, 1825 - 1883 (mathematician and physicist)
- Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist)
- Stone, Edward James, 1831 - 1897 (astronomer)
- Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812 - 1882 (electrical engineer)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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