Faraday to Isambard Kingdom Brunel   5 October 1844

R Institution | 5 Octr. 1844

Dear Brunel

I was not aware my name was in any issued list. But if the School is ultimately founded upon certain stated principles (one of which is its entire separation from professional or paid business at least as to its professors) then I have consented to be a subscriber. My great doubt is this - there are no chemists at its head or in its government & I do not see how it can go on without[.] By chemist I mean men of high character. The Giessen school would not be the same school without Liebig1[.]

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

1
This letter deals with the founding of the Royal College of Chemistry which was established in 1845. This particular list has not been found. See Bentley (1970) and Roberts, G.K. (1976).

Bibliography

BENTLEY, Jonathan (1970): “The Chemical Department of the Royal School of Mines. Its Origins and Development under A.W. Hofmann”, Ambix, 17: 153-81.

Please cite as “Faraday1611,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1611