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James, Henry, 1803-1877 (Royal Engineers officer, director-general of the Ordnance Survey)

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Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Letters from James, W to Charles Lyell, 21 May 1858

 File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/144
Scope and Contents

Original letter listed in this arrangement as W James, but the writing is very similar to H James, though signature is different. Letter in reponse to Lyell, on education, the relevance of Classical and general Architecture, and his pleasure at learning University of London is proposing a degree in Science, under the group Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Geology and Natural History.

Dates: 21 May 1858