John Lewis Guillemard to Faraday   10 January 18261

Royal Institution 10th Jany 1826

Sir,

I enclose a Copy of a Minute of the proceedings of the Committee of Managers on the 9th Instant.

I have the honour to be | Sir, | Your most obedient Servant |J. Guillemard, Sec RI.

Michael Faraday, Esq | &c &c &c


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Mr. Professor Brande having suggested that in consequence of the rank which Mr. Faraday holds in Science, and his many important avocations it would be proper to relieve him from his attendance as Assistant upon the Professor of Chemistry at his lectures.

Resolved, That the suggestion of Mr Brande be adopted: - And that Mr. Faraday’s attendance upon him be no longer required.

Extracted from the Minutes of the Managers of the 9th of January 1826[.]

Josh. Fincher | Assist Secretary

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John Lewis Guillemard (1764-1844, Lyons (1940)). Secretary of the Royal Institution, 1811-1813 and 1824-1826.

Bibliography

LYONS, H.G. (1940): “John Lewis Guillemard (1764-1844)”, Notes Rec. Roy. Soc. Lond., 3: 95-6.

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