From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 October 1826]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.343
Summary:
JG urges JH to marry. JG has begun to write history again.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
JG urges JH to marry. JG has begun to write history again.
The Lucasian Professorship will shortly become vacant. Hopes JH will become a candidate for this chair, once occupied by Newton.
Previous engagement prevents WW witnessing experiment of A. M. Ampère tomorrow. Waits for JH's report. Hopes to see JH at [Georges] Cuvier's tomorrow.
Tells JH that the Lucasian Professorship has become available. Believes most Cambridge people favor JH. Urges JH to write the electors, i.e., the heads of the Cambridge colleges.
Wanted [JH] to become Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, but electors favor one of Heads. This will also operate against Charles Babbage.
Still concerned about possible changes to GP's memoir [see GP's 1826-1-28] due to the work of P. S. Laplace. Comments on illness [?] of F. X. von Zach.
Shares some gossip, and asks advice about a dedication for JG's book.