Faraday to George Gabriel Stokes1   6 October 1862

Royal Institution | 6 Octr 1862

My dear Stokes.

I think so highly of the honor done me by your University that I am not willing to omit mention of it in the Royal Society list2. Might I ask you to instruct Mr White3 what to say & where in the list attached to my name.

I have recently been named by the King of Italy4 Knight of the Order of St. Maurice & Lazarus which as a mark of respect to him and his reasons I think ought to go in too5. If you think so will you speak of it at the same time[.]

Ever Yours | M Faraday

G.G. Stokes Esqr | &c &c &c

1
George Gabriel Stokes (1819–1903, ODNB). Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge, 1849–1903. Secretary of the Royal Society, 1854–1885.
2
That is Faraday’s DCL degree from the University of Cambridge which was included in the 1862 Royal Society list of Fellows.
3
Walter White (1811–1893, ODNB). Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 1861–1884.
4
Victor Emanuel II.
5
See letter 4222. This was not included in the 1862 Royal Society list of Fellows.

Please cite as “Faraday4227,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday4227