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Herschel5410

From:
Georgiana Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1827-2-13 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.357
Summary:

Gives JH news of Charles Babbage's plan to apply for the Savilian chair of mathematics at Oxford.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10017

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 February 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.352
Summary:

More about Charles Babbage [see JH's 1827-2-11]; requests JH's assistance to gain entry to the British Museum library.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8014

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Hyde Wollaston
Date:
[13 February 1827]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.282
Summary:

Notified Georgiana Babbage that two or three electors for professorship at Oxford favor Charles Babbage. JH not free to name them. Death of father may alter Babbage's desire for position. Meanwhile Mrs. Babbage asks that we keep 'any one favourable to C. on neutral ground.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8015

From:
William Hyde Wollaston
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
13 February] [1827
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.283
Summary:

[Charles Babbage] should understand that no effort will be made for 'alien' unless that candidate offers himself. Since William Buckland suggested Babbage for the position, let Buckland take the initiative.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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