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From:
Warren De La Rue
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 June 1850
Source of text:
RI MS F5 B, p.119
Summary:
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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Stunned to learn that WB's letter to Edward Sabine was interpreted by B.A.A.S. committee as WB's resignation from Kew Observatory. Encloses copy of resolution terminating WB. Plans to fight it.
Great distress about a letter from Charles Pritchard to the effect that JH's son William may not be ready for the entrance examination to Haileybury [to prepare for the Indian Civil Service]. JH is considering working with William to teach him Greek.