Identity area
Reference code
Adams/Box 28/14/2
Unique identifier
GB 275 Adams/Box 28/14/2
Title
Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams
Date(s)
- 27 Dec. 1892 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
8p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1848-1928)
Biographical history
Glaisher entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1867, graduating M.A. 1874. He was Fellow of Trinity College, 1871-1928; Tutor, 1883-1893; Lecturer in Mathematics, 1871-1901. In 1875, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. President of the London Mathematical Society, 1884-1886; President of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1886-1889, 1901-1903. Editor of the 'Quarterly Journal of Mathematics'.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Personal. Airy and Neptune controversy.