From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
9 Nov 1869
Source of text:
MSS 9 / 129, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
[9 March 1871]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0389; Reel 1054
Summary:
Needs address of [H. J. R.] Petersen of Kiel, to whom JH must send grant of £50 from B.A.A.S. for reduction of Gaussian constant. Gives address of G. A. Erman. JH's poor health.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 March 1871]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0497; Reel 1093
Summary:
Will send B.A.A.S. grant for £40 directly to G. A. Erman for reduction of Gaussian constant unless WS hears differently from JH.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
[12 March 1871]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0390; Reel 1054
Summary:
Thanks WS for volunteering to forward B.A.A.S. grant to G. A. Erman while JH is ill.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 April 1871]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0498; Reel 1093
Summary:
Acknowledges receipt of 'present' from [H. J. R.] Petersen.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
22 April 1871
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46441 ff. 29-30
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
20 Aug 1871
Source of text:
MSS 9 / 130, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
26 February 1873
Source of text:
JDH/2/18 f.96, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
[8 Apr 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 96: 169–70
Summary:
Discusses the arrangements being made to present a gift to Huxley [see 8872].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
16 October 1876
Source of text:
JDH/2/18 f.100, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
7 July [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 202: 83
Summary:
Has been approached by [H. R. Hope-]Pinker who wishes to sculpt him for the Royal Institution; asks whether WS has any knowledge of the matter.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 July 1878
Source of text:
DAR 177: 237
Summary:
Writes about [H. R. Hope-]Pinker, who tried to approach CD via the Royal Institution in order to sculpt a bust of him. WS advises against agreeing to sit for him.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
20 September 1878
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46435 f. 412
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
Warren de la Rue
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
26 February 1880
Source of text:
MM/12/98, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 May 1880
Source of text:
DAR 177: 238
Summary:
S. M. Hersfeld [Herzfeld] has applied to WS for financial assistance in order to retrieve some books and apparatus from a carrier. He has previously been aided by CD, so WS seeks his advice.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 May 1880
Source of text:
DAR 177: 239
Summary:
Since CD supplied Herzfeld with money to retrieve his goods from the carrier, but he did not use it for that purpose, WS sees no way of helping him except to send him home as "a distressed Austrian subject".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Warren de la Rue
Date:
7 June 1880
Source of text:
MM/12/113, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
15 June 1880
Source of text:
MM/17/16, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Warren de la Rue
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
5 July 1880
Source of text:
MM/12/123, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Arthur Auwers
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
15 July 1880
Source of text:
MM/17/19, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society