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Adams/Box 24-26/Box 26/19/3
Unique identifier
GB 275 Adams/Box 24-26/Box 26/19/3
Title
Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams
Date(s)
- 14 Dec. 1892 (Creation)
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4p paper
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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'.
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Description of expedition to see JCA's correspondence [with Sheepshanks] at the RAS, and correspondence with Airy at Greenwich. Probably JWL Glaisher.
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- Adams, Eliza (1827-1919) wife of J.C. Adams (Subject)
- Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer (Subject)