St John‘s College Personal Collections

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Rev. John William Whittaker, from Slough

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 3
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22 May 1813

Gives jocular advice on study and women. Tells of mutual acquaintances. Will visit Cambridge soon

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Rev. John William Whittaker, from Slough

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 14
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13 June 1817

Tells of work in progress; books on algebra, translation of Lacroix. Also discusses the polishing of mirrors for Herschel's father's telescope. Mentions mutual acquaintances, discusses the actions of Wood, the Master of St John's, and tells of a visitor with an algebraic equation

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Rev. John William Whittaker, from Slough

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 16
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13 June 1819

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Discusses the purchase of a ticket for the Commencement fete and the procurement of lodgings during it

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Rev. John William Whittaker, undated

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 20
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1822 (Undated, so date is estimated.)

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Mentions death of Clark, the support Herschel can offer to Henslow in the forthcoming elections at Cambridge (1) and the settling of an account.

(1) Probably refers to the election of John Stevens Henslow to the chair of Mineralogy in 1822

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Rev. John William Whittaker, undated but postmarked

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 7
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16 August 1813

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Informs Whittaker that books Herschel has asked for have not arrived

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to S.B. Howlett

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 31
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6 March 1864

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Discussion of sun spots

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to William Empson, editor of the Edinburgh Review, from Collingwood

Herschel/Box 1/Letter 22
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16 July 1848

Part of Papers of Sir John Herschel

Notes the recovery of Mrs. Jeffrey and is sure that this will bring much relief to Lord Jeffrey. Discusses a book on the Royal Society and one entitled 'Kosmos' of which Herschel declines to write the second volume

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer

Autograph letter, signed, from Herschel to Wilson Lowry, from Slough