Identity area
Reference code
Herschel/Box 1/Letter 32
Unique identifier
GB 275 Herschel/Box 1/Letter 32
Title
Copy of letter from Edward Hardcastle, Executor reader of the Will of Sir John Herschel, to Rev. W. M. Bateman, Master of St John's College, from Collingwood
Date(s)
- 22 March 1872 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2p. paper
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Informs of a clause in Herschel's will which bequeaths 30 copies of his work, entitled 'Results of Astronomical Observations at the Cape of Good Hope' to the Master and Fellows of St John's College so that one copy can be given each year as a prize for the best astronomy student