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DCP-LETT-2634

From:
William Whewell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Jan 1860
Source of text:
DAR 98 (ser. 2): 19
Summary:

Thanks CD for the Origin. WW is not yet a convert but there is so much "of thought and of fact" in what CD has written that "it is not to be contradicted without careful selection of the ground and manner of the dissent".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel9208

From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.216
Summary:

Offers consolation to JH on the death of his daughter Margaret Louisa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9032

From:
William Whewell
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.217
Summary:

Offers consolation to Margaret Herschel on the death of her daughter Margaret Louisa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9033

From:
William Whewell
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[16 November 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.218
Summary:

Expresses happiness that JH's health has improved and comments on various family matters.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9209

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[5 December 1861]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207101 (C: RS:HS 23.353)
Summary:

JH's 'scientific activity' has long been at zero, but JH has of late been preparing a lecture on the sun and translating Homer's Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9210

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[12 December 1861]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207100 (C: RS:HS 23.357)
Summary:

Asks WW's opinion of JH's hexameter translation of the opening section of Homer's Iliad. Comments on the value of hexameter verse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9211

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[22 January 1862]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207102 (C: RS:HS 23.359)
Summary:

Thanks for volume three of WW's Plato edition. Responds to WW's comments on JH's translation of the first section of Homer's Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-001514

From:
William Whewell
To:
Rev J S Howson
Date:
20 March 1862
Source of text:
MM/19/122, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel9212

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[10 April 1862]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207103 (C: RS:HS 23.366)
Summary:

Responds to WW's comments on JH's Iliad translation. Is preparing a 'General Index Catalogue of Nebulae,' with help from computists supplied by G. B. Airy. Asks WW to recommend JH's son Alexander for a professorship at the Andersonian University of Glasgow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9213

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[17 April 1862]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207104 (C: RS:HS 23.368)
Summary:

Sends, along with comments, JH's translation of part of Book II of Homer's Iliad. Is avoiding consulting other translations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9214

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[8 May 1862]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207105 (C: RS:HS 23.374)
Summary:

Sends another section of JH's Iliad translation. Regrets he cannot come to the Cambridge B.A.A.S. meeting. Sends lines of the Iliad translated by Augustus DeMorgan.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9215

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[29 October 1862]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207106 (C: RS:HS 23.391)
Summary:

Is sending his essay on atoms. Responds to WW's comments on JH's Iliad translation. Comments on controversy between G. B. Airy and Edward Sabine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9216

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[27 December 1862]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207107 (C: RS:HS 23.401)
Summary:

Sends translation of Book III of Homer's Iliad and a memorial for Thomas Maclear.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9217

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[22 January 1863]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207109 (C: RS:HS 24.7)
Summary:

Thanks WW for and comments on WW's Lectures on Political Economy. Has learned that the theory of rent is exploded. JH's daughter Julia is seriously ill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9218

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[10 June 1863]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207108
Summary:

Seeks WW's signature for the Thomas Maclear Memorial. JH's daughter Julia has been ill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9219

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[10 February 1864]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207110 (C: RS:HS 24.30)
Summary:

Responds to WW's comments on parts of JH's translation of Homer's Iliad. Is sending his rendering of Book V. Has been ill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9220

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[2 April 1864]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207111 (C: RS:HS 24.36)
Summary:

Thanks WW for comments on Book V of JH's Iliad translation; sending Book VI. JH's son William and JH's daughters enjoyed visiting WW. Has suffered for three months from severe bronchitis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9221

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[11 April 1864]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207112 (C: RS:HS 24.38)
Summary:

Responds to some of WW's comments on JH's Iliad translation. May publish Books I-VI. Comments on Alexander Pope's translation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9222

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[16 May 1864]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207113 (C: RS:HS 24.46)
Summary:

Sends Book VII of JH's Iliad translation. Son William to be married Thursday. JH continues to be ill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9223

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1864-7]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207114 (C: RS:HS 24.65)
Summary:

Responds to WW's comments on JH's Iliad translation. Sending Book X.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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