Correspondence on visitor admissions, 1868 - 1876
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, personal requests to visit the Observatory, and instructions to assistants on receiving guests. The correspondents include F.J.O. Evans, G.H. Richards, R. Hall, T.H. Stafford, A. Cayley, J. Glaisher, F.N.M. Moigno, O. Struve, E.J. Routh, T.A. Hirst, F.A.T. Winnecke, W. Spottiswode, E.J.A. Gautier, G. Rümker, S.J. Perry, W.J. Foerster, A.V. Auwers, W.H.M. Christie, R.J. Mann, S. Newcomb, G. Davidson, C.C. Bruhns, E. Dunkin, R. Grant, W.H. Barlow, W.H. Noble, S.H. Walpole, E. Hammond, J. Mackintosh, J. Bennett, W.H. Hall, E.H. Bruns, H. Debus, F.T.V. Frerich, H. Wild, E. Singleton, H.K. Vogel, C.S. Lyman, H.S. Palmer, H.V. Regnault, T.M. Gibson, A.C. Key, L.F. Knapp, E.W. Hilgard and J. Hope.
Dates
- Creation: 1868 - 1876
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
F2/116
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:55:42+00:00
Subject
- Christie, William Henry Mahoney, Sir, 1845 - 1922 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Admiralty (Organization)
- Auwers, Arthur Julius Georg Friedrich von, 1838 - 1915 (astronomer) (Person)
- Dunkin, Edwin, 1821 - 1898 (astronomer) (Person)
- Glaisher, James, 1809 - 1903 (astronomer) (Person)
- Routh, Edward John, 1831 - 1907 (mathematician) (Person)
- Rümker, George Friedrich Wilhem, 1832 - 1900 (astronomer) (Person)
- Winnecke, Friedrich August Theodor, 1835 - 1897 (astronomer) (Person)
- Spottiswoode, William, 1825 - 1883 (mathematician and physicist) (Person)
- Grant, Robert, 1814 - 1892 (astronomer) (Person)
- Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm, 1793 - 1864 (astronomer) (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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