Faraday to William Daniel Conybeare   18 July 1831

Hastings | 18 July 1831.

My dear Sir

I sent you a letter by Mr Bollaert1 a few weeks since relative to the Bristol Institution and now beg to supply Mr Brayley2 with a similar one[.] His object is to obtain the position of Curator &c &c and as yours must be to obtain the best Curator I am sure you will not be sorry to have the opportunity of considering Mr Brayley as a candidate[.] You must not suppose that I am recommending two persons at once I am only desirous of giving those I know an opportunity of putting their claims before you and you an opportunity of selecting from several all perhaps qualified for the services you require3[.]

I am My dear Sir | Very Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Rev W.D. Conybeare | &c &c &c

1
William Bollaert (1807-1876, B1). Laboratory Assistant in the Royal Institution, 1820-1825, Brock (1968), 77-8
2
Edward William Brayley (1802-1870, DNB). Writer on science.
3
The position of Curator of the Bristol Institution had become vacant with the death, on 25 May 1830, of the previous incumbent. He was replaced by Samuel Stutchbury (1798-1859). See Neve (1984), 189-91.

Bibliography

BROCK, William H. (1968): “William Bollaert, Faraday and the Royal Institution”, Proc. Roy. Inst., 42: 75-86.

NEVE, Michael Raymond (1984): Natural philosophy, medicine and the culture of science in provincial England: the case of Bristol, 1790-1850, University of London (University College) PhD thesis.

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