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Adams/Box 5-15/Box 7/37/2
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GB 275 Adams/Box 5-15/Box 7/37/2
Title
Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams
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- 23 Apr. 1883 (Creation)
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3p paper
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(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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Papers for Monthly Notices of R.A.S. Asaph Hall's comments on Challis.
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- Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer (Subject)
- Challis, James (1803-1882) astronomer and physicist (Subject)
- Hall, Asaph (1829-1907) astronomer (Subject)