Weber, Albrecht, 1865
File — Box: Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/122
Scope and Contents
Albrecht Weber (1825-1901), Indologist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1865.
1 letter, 1 encyclopedia entry.
- Letter 1: 18 June 1865. Weber asks his cousin, a high-level government employee, to contact Philalethes (a pseudonym of Johann, King of Saxony, used when he translated Dante's Divine Comedy. He wishes him to take part in a call for papers as an academic, not as a king, and asks his cousin to help in approaching him thus. Weber also relates family gossip.
- Encyclopedia entry: Brockhaus entry on Albrecht Weber.
Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Notes on people mentioned in the letter.
Transcription included in the file? Yes.
Dates
- Creation: 1865
Creator
- Weber, Albrecht, 1825-1901 (Prussian Indologist and historian) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
German
Full Extent
1 folder
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk