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
- Creation: 1866 - 1872
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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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
Subject
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer) (Person)
- Admiralty (Organization)
- Stone, Edward James, 1831 - 1897 (astronomer) (Person)
- Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892 (astronomer) (Person)
- Delaunay, Charles (Eugène (1816-1872) astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
- Glaisher, James, 1809 - 1903 (astronomer) (Person)
- Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824 - 1896 (astronomer) (Person)
- Oppolzer, Theodor Egon Ritter von, 1841 - 1886 (astronomer) (Person)
- Parsons, William, 1800 - 1867 (3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer) (Person)
- Quetelet, Lambert (Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist) (Person)
- Routh, Edward John, 1831 - 1907 (mathematician) (Person)
- Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819 - 1903 (1st Baronet, physicist) (Person)
- Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812 - 1882 (electrical engineer) (Person)
- Lubbock, John William, Sir, 1803 - 1865 (3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker) (Person)
- Spottiswoode, William, 1825 - 1883 (mathematician and physicist) (Person)
- Grant, Robert, 1814 - 1892 (astronomer) (Person)
- Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797 - 1875 (1st Baronet, geologist) (Person)
- Draper, John William, 1811 - 1882 (chemist and historian) (Person)
- Richards, George Henry, Sir, 1820 - 1896 (Knight, naval officer and hydrographer) (Person)
- Evans, Frederick John Owen, 1815 - 1885 (hydrographer) (Person)
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