Broughton Decbr | 27th 57—
Lieber John!
Deinen Brief erhielt ich am Donnerstag morgen. Edmondson war in London und ich wusste nicht von wem er die Burners gekauft hatte; Daher konnte ich Dir nicht sogleich Antwort geben, sondern sehe mich erst heute im Stande Dir die gewünschte Auskunft mitzutheilen. Edmondson sagt mir dass Du die Burners von Simpson & Maule bekommen kannst. Seit Mittwoch wohne ich hier in Broughton bei Wright. Ich habe Queenwood ungern verlassen und meine Wohnung an einem andern Ort bezogen. Doch nach den Erfahrungen die ich Christmass 1855 und Christmass 1856 mit Edmonson gemacht habe, konnte ich nicht anders handeln. Mr Wright hat keine Knaben und hat daher genug Platz für mich. Mrs Wright ist sehr freundlich und so gefällt es mir recht gut hier. Jeden Tag gehe ich nach Queenwood und arbeite dort im Laboratorium. Queenwood ist jetzt ein einsamer Ort; keine Seele bewegt sich in der Nachbarschaft und es sieht aus wie eine Leiche. —Ich weiss nicht warum mir der Tom nicht schreibt. Wright erhält sehr oft Briefe von Tom ich aber habe dies Privilegium seit den 30th August nicht genossen. Da ich aber höre dass er wohl, thätig und zufrieden ist so habe ich mich mit Geduld in das Warten finden müssen ohne sonst beunruhigt zu sein. Heute gehe ich zu Tribe um dort zu essen. Tribe war anfangs der vergagenen Woche in Farnham wo er von Seiner Lordship of Winchester mit Priests Orders belegt wurde. Fox ist stolz auf seinen Sohn William; wie ich höre soll der letztere ein recht gutes Examen gemacht haben.
Mit herzlichen Grüssen | Dein | H. Debus.
Broughton Decbr | 27th 57—
Dear John!
I received your letter1 on Thursday morning. Edmondson was in London and I did not know whom he had purchased the burners from; for this reason I could not give you an answer right away, but am only today in a position to give you the desired information. Edmondson tells me that you can get the burners from Simpson & Maule.2 I have been living here in Broughton3 at Wright’s since Wednesday. I have reluctantly left Queenwood4 and moved into lodgings at another place. But after the experiences I went through in Christmas 1855 and Christmas 1856 with Edmondson,5 I could not do otherwise. Mr Wright does not have any boys and therefore has enough space for me. Mrs Wright is very kind and thus I like it here very much. I go to Queenwood every day and work there in the laboratory. Queenwood is a lonely place now; not a soul stirs in the neighbourhood and it looks like a corpse. —I do not know why Tom6 does not write to me. Wright receives letters from Tom very often but I have not enjoyed this privilege since the 30th of August. But as I hear that he is well, active and content, I have had to resign myself to waiting patiently without being otherwise worried. Today I am going to Tribe’s7 to dine there. Early last8 week, Tribe was in Farnham,9 where he was invested with Priest’s Orders by His Lordship of Winchester.10 Fox11 is proud of his son William;12 as I hear, the latter is supposed to have done a very good exam.13
With warm greetings | Your | H. Debus.
RI MS JT/1/D/24
your letter: letter missing.
Simpson & Maule: the London firm Simpson, Maule, and Nicholson, founded in 1853 by George Simpson, George Maule, and Edward Nicholson. The firm sold scientific apparatus, and produced a variety of chemicals. During the 1860s it became one of the largest manufacturers of dyes in Britain (ODNB).
Broughton: see letter 1472, n. 4.
Queenwood: Queenwood College (see letter 1298, n. 13), where Debus had taught chemistry.
experiences I went through in Christmas 1855 and Christmas 1856 with Edmondson: not identified. While Debus held a generally unfavourable view of Edmondson, earlier Debus letters (in Tyndall Correspondence, vol. 5) do not reference anything specific about what Debus alludes to here.
Tom: Thomas Hirst.
Tribe’s: Walter Harry Tribe (1832–1909), an English clergyman ordained, by the Bishop of Winchester, in 1857 at which time he became curate of Broughton, Hampshire. He became Rector of nearby Stockbridge between 1860–7, after which he served in several locations in India, before becoming the Archdeacon of Lahore from 1885–92. See ‘The Rev. W. H. Tribe’, Times, 19 May 1909, p. 13.
last: in the German, Debus spelled ‘vergangenen’ incorrectly.
Farnham: a town in Surrey, England, approximately 35 miles from London, and bordering Hampshire. Farnham Castle is one of the historic homes of the Bishop of Winchester.
His Lordship of Winchester: Charles Richard Sumner (1790–1874), an English clergyman who in 1827 became Bishop of Winchester (ODNB).
Fox: Luther Owen Fox (1811/12–79), a physician and surgeon who lived in Broughton, Hampshire. Fox studied at University College London and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He obtained his license from the Society of Apothecaries in 1833, and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1852, before receiving an MD from St Andrews. He attended the pupils and staff at Queenwood College and was on close terms with Tyndall, who often visited and dined with him. See ‘Luther Owen Fox, M.D.’, Lancet, 113 (1879), pp. 900–1.
William: William Tilbury Fox (1836–79), a physician and dermatologist, and son of Luther Owen Fox. Tilbury Fox attended Queenwood College, and later studied medicine at University College Hospital. He received his MD in 1858 (ODNB).
a very good exam: probably the second 1857 exam for Bachelor of Medicine at the University of London. Tilbury Fox received a Gold Medal and University Medical Scholarship in 1857. See ‘Medical News’, British Medical Journal, 1 (1857), pp. 1015–16.
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