Letters from Sir William Huggins, with related material. 1876-1883.

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Letters from Sir William Huggins, with related material. 1876-1883.

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Comprises 3 autograph letters from Sir William Huggins to Jabez Hogg dated 7 March 1876, 21 September 1882, and 7 April 1883 (with transcripts), and 1 portrait photograph of Huggins without a caption. The bound volume includes a biography of Huggins which is briefer than that contained in the Dictionary of National Biography.

3 letters (4 ff. with 2 ff. conjoined) and 1 port. photograph, all held in 1 envelope, manuscript and photograph.

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910

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Educated at City of London School. After a few years of business he decided to devote himself to astronomy. F. R. A. S. 1854. In 1856 he built an observatory at Tulse Hill and applied to stars the methods of Kirchhofs researches into the chemical constitution of the sun. In conjunction with William Allen Miller (F. R. S. 1845) he devised the star spectroscope and showed that in structure the stars resemble the sun. F. R. S. 1865. Royal Medal 1866. Rumford Medal 1880. Copley Medal 1898. President...

Hogg, Jabez, 1817-1899

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Epithet: ophthalmic surgeon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x0003b8 ...