The death of [Charles] König having created a vacancy at the British Museum, JH recommends that not only Richard Owen but also George Waterhouse be given very serious consideration for the position.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel3157
From
Sir John Herschel
To
John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury
Date
[10 March 1851]
Sent from
32 Harley St.
Source of text
RS:HS 23.101
Physical description
C 2pp
Additional information
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by
Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by
Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by
Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library