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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Peter Brougham
Date:
[1827-7-1 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.306 (C: 20.260)
Summary:

Further reasons why he cannot accept the position of Professor at London University.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Peter Brougham
Date:
[1 July 1827]
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London College Correspondence (draft: RS:HS 4.304 & C: 20.259)
Summary:

Declines the offer of the Professorship of Higher Mathematics at the University of London. Wishes to have time to devote to research.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Peter Brougham
Date:
[1850]
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London Brougham
Summary:

Praises in very strong terms and in detail the contributions to astronomy made by Thomas Maclear. Believes Maclear deserves a pension.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Peter Brougham
Date:
[3 March 1854]
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London Brougham
Summary:

[Responding to HB's 1854-3-2], JH states that no manuscript accompanied the collection of colored silks sent to JH by John Dalton. Describes the collection and discusses 'idioptic vision.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Peter Brougham
Date:
[5 December 1855]
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London Brougham
Summary:

Expresses thanks and praise for HB's Analytical View of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia [London, 1855].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project