Lyon Playfair to Faraday   20 February 1860

Private<qr>Royal Society of Edinburgh | Edinburgh 20 Feby / 60

My dear Dr Faraday

Lord Brougham1 & Mr Gladstone2 are coming here in Easter Week to be installed as Chancellor & The Rector of Edinburgh University & the Senate are desirous to Confer the Title of LLD on a few distinguished savans on the occasion, on the condition that they will come to the Installation & receive their Diploma in person3[.]

There is a strong feeling among my Colleagues to confer the Doctorate on You. Could you make it convenient to come down about the 15th or 16 April to attend the Ceremony. If so then no doubt the Senate on Saturday4 next will have great pleasure in nominating You with perfect unanimity.

Of course I shall Expect the pleasure of having You as an Inmate in My House during the time You may remain in Edinburgh -

Yours Sincerely | Lyon Playfair

1
Henry Peter, Lord Brougham (1778-1868, ODNB). Whig politician and scientific writer.
2
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898, ODNB). Liberal MP for Oxford University and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1859-1865.
3
Faraday did not receive this degree.
4
That is 25 February 1860.

Please cite as “Faraday3729,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday3729