From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.36
Summary:
Asking JH to express his willingness to becoming Lucasian Professor at Cambridge University.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Asking JH to express his willingness to becoming Lucasian Professor at Cambridge University.
Declining to become a candidate for the Lucasian Professorship. Has written to Charles Babbage and informed him of the vacancy.