From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 June 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.276
Summary:
About plans for the Cambridge observatory.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.277
Summary:
News from Cambridge, including information about the new observatory.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.278
Summary:
News of Cambridge University.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1821]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.280
Summary:
About the university politics of filling vacant posts.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 January 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.281
Summary:
Of Cambridge University news, and observatory plans.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 March 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.282
Summary:
Observatory plans are progressing well; GP also sends some Cambridge University news.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 September 1822]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0414; Reel 1087
Summary:
Condolences on death of William Herschel.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Peacock
Date:
[11 September 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.32 (C: RS:HS B28.12)
Summary:
Grateful for GP's sympathy. JH's mother 'dreadfully distressed.'
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 November 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.283
Summary:
About the election to fill vacancies at Cambridge University.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.284
Summary:
About intrigue and unethical dealings surrounding the election to fill vacancies at Cambridge University.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 March 1823]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.285
Summary:
About matters relating to the building of the observatory.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 March 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.286
Summary:
On the matter of helping a friend who is being maligned [Mrs. Bowdich], and about JH's projected Continental tour.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 December 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.287
Summary:
Is afraid JH will decline the invitation to be a candidate for the Lucasian professorship, so it is assumed Charles Babbage will be elected.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.288
Summary:
About the election of Charles Babbage to the Lucasian professorship.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
George Peacock
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
August 1831
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library DAR 97: B1–3
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[6 or 13] Aug 1831
Source of text:
DAR 97: B1–3
Summary:
GP has been asked to recommend a naturalist to sail with Capt. Robert FitzRoy to Tierra del Fuego and the South Sea Islands. If Leonard Jenyns is not available, whom would JSH recommend?
P.S. Urges JHS not to lose this opportunity to have collections made for "our museum".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. 26 Aug 1831]
Source of text:
DAR 97 (ser.2): 11–13
Summary:
Details about FitzRoy and proposed voyage of Beagle. CD invited to go on the voyage as naturalist.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Feb 1832
Source of text:
MSP 1 / 237, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 March 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0424; Reel 1087
Summary:
Forwards to JH letters sent by Humphrey Lloyd and G. B. Airy to William Whewell. Concurs with Lloyd's recommendations [for Canada survey] and with Airy's suggestion of photographic registers to determine simultaneity of distant observations. [JH note: Routing list for letter among committee members.]
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[19 June 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.289
Summary:
A note accompanying a letter from Augustus Frederick (Duke of Sussex) asking JH to reconsider his refusal of the offer of a baronetcy [see JH's 1838-6 to AF].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project