Maxwell Tylden Masters1 to Faraday   28 June 18542

Botanic Gardens | Oxford June 28

To Profr Faraday

Dear Sir,

It would ill become me if I did not write and thank you for your prompt kindness in writing me such a letter as that I received this morning which I value more than I should any set, conventional certificate it will make me the more anxious to diligently exert myself in the acquirement and promotion of knowledge and thus render me more deserving of your good opinion.

Believe me to be Sir | Gratefully & respectfully Yours | Maxwell T. Masters

1
Maxwell Tylden Masters (1833–1907, ODNB). Sub-curator at the Oxford Botanic Gardens.
2
Dated on the basis that Masters was then at Oxford and was a candidate for the professorship of botany at King’s College, London.

Please cite as “Faraday2859a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2859a