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Herschel12975

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

Herschel14336

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

Herschel12976

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

Herschel14337

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
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WCP3091

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

SOMERVILLE626

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

JHC797

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

DCP-LETT-8851

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
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JHC801

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

DCP-LETT-11594

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
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DCP-LETT-11599

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
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WCP2375

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
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