Identity area
Reference code
Herschel/Box 1/Bland/D11
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Title
Date(s)
- 29 December 1814 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4p paper
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Astronomer; son of Sir William Herschel; senior wrangler and first Smith's prizeman, 1813; subsequently fellow of St John's College, Cambridge; MA 1816; helped to found Analytical Society, Cambridge, 1813; secretary to Royal Society 1824-7; president of Astronomical Society, 1827-32; created baronet, 1838; president of British Association, 1845; master of the Mint, 1850-5. Major contribution to astronomy through the discovery and cataloguing of many double stars, work on 'light' and early work on photographical process. Buried in Westminster Abbey.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Sends Bland a number of mathematical problems Herschell had posed during an 'uncomfortable ride from London to Slough, with disagreeable companions'
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Held with Bland Papers, Ref.: Bland D11