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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:
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:
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
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:
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
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:
William Spottiswoode
To:
William Spottiswoode, President of the Royal Society
Date:
10 November 1881
Source of text:
MM/11/34, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Warren de la Rue
Date:
31 December 1881
Source of text:
MM/11/35, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society