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Faraday to William Whewell   10 March 1854

Royal Institution | 10 Mar 1854

My dear Dr. Whewell

I am tempted once more before you answer our application1 to write for having got hold of the enclosed list of lectures and men I wished you to see how desirable it would that we should have a discourse either at the beginning or the end, general in its nature and shewing the idea of education as needful for all classes of men & minds - mental education which in a man of thought goes on within him from first to last2. No man could do this in my opinion as you would do it.

Are circumstances such as to enable you to do it with convenience & satisfaction to yourself[.]

Ever | Yours Faithfully | M. Faraday

Revd. Dr. Whewell | &c &c &c


Dr Daubeny3

1 On the importance of the study of chemistry as a means of education for all classes of the community4.

Dr Tyndall

2 On the importance of the study of physics as a means of education for all classes5.

Mr Paget6

3 On the importance of the study of Physiology as a means of education7.

Dr Booth8

4 On the importance of mathematical studies as a means of education9.

Dr Hodgson10

5 On the importance of the study of Social economy as a means of education11.

Dr R. Latham12

6 On the importance of the study of language, classics, &c as a means of education13.


Endorsed on the list in another hand: The Liniment does no seem to afford me any relief.

2
Whewell (1854). Delivered on 29 April 1854.
3
Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1795-1867, DSB). Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University, 1822-1855.
4
Daubeny (1854). Delivered on 20 May 1854.
5
Tyndall (1854b). Delivered on 27 May 1854.
6
James Paget (1814-1899, DNB1). Assistant Surgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, 1847-1861.
7
Paget (1854). Delivered on 3 June 1854.
8
James Booth (1806-1878, DNB). Vicar of St Anne’s, Wandsworth, 1854-1859.
9
This lecture was not delivered.
10
William Ballantyne Hodgson (1815-1880, DNB). Political economist.
11
Hodgson (1854). Delivered on 10 June 1854.
12
Robert Gordon Latham (1812-1888, DNB). Director of the Ethnographical Department of the Crystal Palace, from 1852.
13
Latham (1854). Delivered on 13 May 1854.

Bibliography

DAUBENY, Charles Giles Bridle (1854): On the Importance of the Study of Chemistry as a branch of Education for all Classes, London.

HODGSON, William Ballantyne (1854): On the Importance of the Study of Economic Science as a branch of Education for all Classes, London.

LATHAM, Robert Gordon (1854): On the Importance of the Study of Language as a branch of Education for all Classes, London.

PAGET, James (1854): On the Importance of the Study of Physiology as a Branch of Education for all Classes, London.

TYNDALL, John (1854b): On the Importance of the Study of Physics as a branch of Education for all Classes, London.

WHEWELL, William (1854): On the Influence of the History of Science upon Intellectual Education, London.

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