From:
George Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.196
Summary:
Thanks JH for recommendation [see GS's 1866-3-2].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Thanks JH for recommendation [see GS's 1866-3-2].
The Master of Trinity [William Whewell] died this afternoon. Regrets that his first letter from Cambridge brings such news.
Relays message from Dr. [George] Humphry. William Whewell is conscious but knows he is dying.
William Whewell died peacefully that afternoon. The place of burial has not been determined. WS will speak about him on Friday. Takes comfort in his writings.
Bemoans lack of complete collection in English of William Herschel's works. Questions quality of J. W. A. Pfaff's 1826 German work on WH, whose English nomenclature for stellar astronomy is not yet adopted in other languages. Suggests English government or R.A.S. underwrite cost of publication.