Identity area
Reference code
Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/13/4
Unique identifier
GB 275 Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/13/4
Title
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
Date(s)
- 1819-1892 (Undated.) (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1792-1871)
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
Offer of printed copy of portrait of JFWH.