Wenceslas Bojer to Faraday   15 October 18531

Museum, Royal College | October 15th 1853.

To | Michael Faraday Esq F.R.S.

Sir

I have the pleasure to inform you that at a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society of Arts & Sciences of Mauritius, you were unanimously elected an Honorary member of the Society, and further that the Council have entrusted to me the agreeable task of preparing your “Diploma” which I have the honor to forward to you with the Council’s earnest hope that you will kindly accept the title as the highest mark of respect the Council can bestow upon a man so eminent in science as you are, and of gratitude for the service you have rendered by your great discoveries to physical & chemical science.

The Diploma will be delivered to you by my worthy friend & colleague Mr. James Morris2 of London.

I have the honor to be | Sir | Your most obedient Servant | W. Bojer V.P.

1
Wenceslas Bojer (1795-1856, DMB). Naturalist in Mauritius and Vice-President of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius.
2
James Morris (1810-1869, DMB). Professor of Classics at the Royal College, Mauritius, 1845-1849 and Secretary, Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius. Then a Mauritian representative in London.

Please cite as “Faraday2741,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2741