Series 1F - Scientific and general correspondence: FALCONER - FUNK & WAGNALL'S Co.


Date Rangec. 1845 - c. 1895
ProvenanceHuxley, Thomas Henry
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1  Scientific and general correspondence c. 1845 - c. 1895


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Letter to T H Huxley from FALCONER, Hugh, FRS (1808-1865), 8 April [1864]
Sent from London

Thanks for gift of Lectures of Comparative Anatomy and Man's Place

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.1
Date range 8 April 1864
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.1 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FANNING, Sophia (wife of William Fanning), 1 November 1852
Sent from London

Family news

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.3
Date range 1 November 1852
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.3 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FANNING, William (Died 1887), 23 October [1852]
Sent from London

Will enquire of Denison if there is any likelihood of a Natural History Chair in Australia

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.5
Date range 23 October 1852
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.5 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FANNING, William (Died 1887), 9 November 1852
Sent from London

Congratulations on award of Royal Medal

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.6
Date range 9 November 1852
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.6 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FARADAY, Michael, FRS (1791-1867), 1 May 1856
Sent from the Royal Institution, London

Huxley to undertake the management of an illustrative collection of specimens

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.8
Date range 1 May 1856
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.8 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FARADAY, Michael, FRS (1791-1867), 30 April 1861
Sent from the Royal Institution, London

Refers John Crawfurd to Huxley for information (not specified)

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.9
Date range 30 April 1861
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.9 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FARADAY, Michael, FRS (1791-1867), 2 August 1862
Sent from the Royal Institution, London

Sends Huxley a letter from Tyndall

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.10
Date range 2 August 1862
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.10 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FARADAY, Michael, FRS (1791-1867), 6 August 1862
Sent from the Royal Institution, London

Returns letters from Tyndall

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.11
Date range 6 August 1862
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.11 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FARADAY, Michael, FRS (1791-1867), 30 April 1868
Sent from Barnsbury

[From Mrs Faraday]. Wishes to see Huxley in town

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.12
Date range 30 April 1868
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.12 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Leonard Huxley from FARRAR, (Rev) Adam Story, DD (1826-1905), 12 July 1899
Sent from Durham

Long account of British Association meeting at Oxford in 1860; defends Wilberforce and discredits the other accounts of the encounter with Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.13
Date range 12 July 1899
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.13 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Leonard Huxley from FARRAR, (Rev) Adam Story, DD (1826-1905), 24 September [1899]
Sent from Leeds

Has made necessary alterations in the narrative

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.20
Date range 24 September 1899
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.20 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FARRAR, (Rev) Frederic William, DD, FRS (1831-1903), Dean of Canterbury, 1 October [1865]
Sent from Harrow [London]

Composition of a Committee on Scientific Education; suggests Huxley, Tyndall, Lyell and Faraday [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 277, 308; Life of Frederick William Farrar 106]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.21
Date range 1 October 1865
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.21 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FARRAR, (Rev) Frederic William, DD, FRS (1831-1903), Dean of Canterbury, 24 September [1866]
Sent from Harrow [London]

Is reprinting his article on Scientific Teaching in Public Schools as a pamphlet [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 308]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.23
Date range 24 September 1866
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.23 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FARRAR, (Rev) Frederic William, DD, FRS (1831-1903), Dean of Canterbury, 12 September [1868]
Sent from Harrow [London]

Offers paper by Steele on the Khasia tribe for Ethnological Society [It was accepted and published in Transactions of the Ethnological Society, vii, 305]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.24
Date range 12 September 1868
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.24 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FARRAR, (Rev) Frederic William, DD, FRS (1831-1903), Dean of Canterbury, [29 April 1882]
Sent from Westminster, London

Is preaching Darwin's Funeral Sermon [cf Life of Frederick William Farrar 109]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.26
Date range 29 April 1882
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.26 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Leonard Huxley from FARRAR, (Rev) Frederic William, DD, FRS (1831-1903), Dean of Canterbury, 25 May [1898]
Sent from Canterbury, Kent

Reminiscences of Huxley's speech at the Sion House Meeting in 1867 [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 302, note 1]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.27
Date range 25 May 1898
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.27 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FARRELLY, Michael James (Born 1855; Bar, 1892), 2 August 1894
Sent from the Middle Temple, London

Thanks Huxley for his award, which is satisfactory to him [See MIURHEAD, J H]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.29
Date range 2 August 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.29 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FARRER, (Sir) Thomas Henry, 1st Baron (1819-1899), 24 October 1892
Sent from Abinger, Surrey

A version of the "Missionary and Cassowary" story attributed to Macaulay [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 355]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.31
Date range 24 October 1892
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.31 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FARRER, (Sir) Thomas Henry, 1st Baron (1819-1899), 6 January 1894
Sent from Abinger, Surrey

Moral government of the world; men who "move mankind"

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.33
Date range 6 January 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.33 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FAULKNER, Charles Joseph (1834-1890), 9 October 1881
Sent from London

States very fully his reasons for not wishing to leave London and settle in Oxford if the mastership of University College were offered to him and asks for fuller information
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.34
Date range 9 October 1881
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.34 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FAULKNER, Charles Joseph (1834-1890), 10 October 1881
Sent from University College Oxford

A full statement of the statutes and customs affecting the mastership of University College and comparison with heads of other colleges; the duties and emoluments

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.38
Date range 10 October 1881
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.38 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FAULKNER, Charles Joseph (1834-1890), 12 October 1881
Sent from London

Doubts his capacity to fulfil the duties efficiently; difficulties of the age of retiring and pension
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.44
Date range 12 October 1881
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.44 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FAULKNER, Charles Joseph (1834-1890), 13 October 1881
Sent from Oxford

Further details; it is greatly desired that Huxley should accept the office so as to break with old and reactionary traditions

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.46
Date range 13 October 1881
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.46 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FAULKNER, Charles Joseph (1834-1890), 16 October 1881
Sent from London

After full consideration, Huxley decides against the offer
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.48
Date range 16 October 1881
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.48 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FAULKNER, Charles Joseph (1834-1890), 18 October 1881
Sent from Oxford

Great regret at his decision; intends to approach Goldwin Smith

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.50
Date range 18 October 1881
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.50 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FAWCETT, Henry, FRS (1833-1884), 14 January 1870
Sent from Cambridge

Sends particulars of a club to be established in London for the discussion of social and political questions; asks Huxley to become a member, J S Mill, John Morley, Leslie Stephen and others having already joined

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.51
Date range 14 January 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.51 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FAYRER, (Sir) Joseph, Bart, FRS (1824-1907), 26 July 1872
Sent from [London]

Presents a copy of his book on Indian snakes [Thanatophdia of India, 1872]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.53
Date range 26 July 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.53 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FAYRER, (Sir) Joseph, Bart, FRS (1824-1907), [1872]
Sent from [London]

Sends a pair of Indian buffalo horns

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.55
Date range 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.55 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FAYRER, (Sir) Joseph, Bart, FRS (1824-1907), 21 December 1877
Sent from [London]

Sends horns from Cashmir

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.56
Date range 21 December 1877
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.56 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FAYRER, (Sir) Joseph, Bart, FRS (1824-1907), 16 January 1880
Sent from the India Office, London

Has written to India to obtain for Huxley skulls of various Canidae

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.57
Date range 16 January 1880
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.57 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FAYRER, (Sir) Joseph, Bart, FRS (1824-1907), 5 August 1880
Sent from London

A box of skulls has arrived and has been sent to Flower at the Royal College of Surgeons

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.59
Date range 5 August 1880
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.59 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FAYRER, (Sir) Joseph, Bart, FRS (1824-1907), 13 August 1880
Sent from London

Sends extract from a letter from Madras stating that no Pariah Dog skull is at present available, but will be sent as soon as obtained

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.61
Date range 13 August 1880
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.61 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FAYRER, (Sir) Joseph, Bart, FRS (1824-1907), 10 February 1880
Sent from London

The desired crania are likely to come from all the desired quarters

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.64
Date range 10 February 1880
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.64 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Leonard Huxley from FAYRER, (Sir) Joseph, Bart, FRS (1824-1907), 26 January 1897
Sent from London

Sends letters for use in Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.65
Date range 26 January 1897
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.65 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FFENELL, Henry, 9 January 1889
Sent from Hampstead, London

Sends a resolution passed by a club of Naturalists thanking Huxley for his timely action in The Times of 8 January 1889, regarding the Fisheries

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.68
Date range 9 January 1889
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.68 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FERGUSSON, James (1808-1886), 16 December 1866
Sent from London

The Indian Government have paid "those blessed brothers" £400 for a book of Buddhism; a proposed botanical and zoological publication
[This refers to Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia, 1860-6, by Herman and Robert Schlaginweit - cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 228]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.70
Date range 16 December 1866
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.70 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FERGUSSON, James (1808-1886), nd

[Beginning lost]. Apparently commenting on the same work and its cost and defects

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.72
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.72 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FERRERS, (Rev) Norman Macleod (1829-1903), 8 October 1893
Sent from Caius College, Cambridge

Thanks for gift to the college on the occasion of the Harvey Commemoration [Endorsed by Huxley: "Wrote to offer Ent's Apologia", ie Apologia pro circuitone sanginis, 1641, by Sir George Ent, FRS]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.74
Date range 8 October 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.74 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FIELD, Henry
Sent from Bournemouth, Hampshire

Sends geographical particulars of the episode of the Gaderene Swine

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.75
Date range 8 February 1891
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.75 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FINCH, Arthur Elley (Died 1905), 10 December 1891
Sent from Haverstock Hill, London

Comments on Huxley's article The Lights of the Church and the Light of Science [Nineteenth Century, July 1890 = The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley iv, 201] and the Duke of Argyll's reply; refers Huxley to Colenso's works

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.77
Date range 10 December 1891
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.77 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FINCH, Jane Wightwick, Countess of Aylesford [widow of 6th Earl] (Died 1911), 23 August 1893
Sent from St Moritz, Switzerland

Is commanded by HRH [? Princess Victoria] to say that she remembers the Sussex Diamond Bracelet

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.79
Date range 23 August 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.79 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FISKE, John (1842-1901), 22 December 1873
Sent from London

Has a dispute with Herbert Spencer and both wish to refer it to a competent third person, and suggests Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.80
Date range 22 December 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.80 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FISKE, John (1842-1901), 9 February 1874
Sent from London

Asks for information about the brain of Amphioxus for his book [Cosmic Philosophy, 2 vols, 1874]; heredity in handwriting

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.82
Date range 9 February 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.82 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FISKE, John (1842-1901), 20 February 1874
Sent from London

A child's drawing; is leaving for France

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.84
Date range 20 February 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.84 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FISKE, John (1842-1901), 31 January 1875
Sent from Cambridge, Mass, USA

Has heard from Spencer and Darwin; the latter has read his book with pleasure and profit; is contemplating a scientific study of Christianity

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.86
Date range 31 January 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.86 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FISKE, John (1842-1901), 1 March 1876
Sent from Cambridge, Mass, USA

Has heard from Youmans of Huxley's forthcoming visit to America; invitation and suggested order of tour

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.89
Date range 1 March 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.89 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FISKE, John (1842-1901), 8 March 1876
Sent from Cambridge, Mass, USA

Introduces Professor E W Gurney

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.92
Date range 8 March 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.92 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FISKE, John (1842-1901), 28 November 1879
Sent from New York, USA

Sends prospectus of his lectures

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.93
Date range 28 November 1879
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.93 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FISKE, John (1842-1901), 30 November 1879
Sent from Cambridge, Mass, USA

Wishes to lecture at Royal Institution, Edinburgh, and elsewhere in Britain; plans a visit accordingly; domestic life

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.95
Date range 30 November 1879
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.95 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FISKE, John (1842-1901), 17 September 1883
Sent from Cambridge, Mass, USA

A town in Dakota named after Huxley; American place-names; at work on a new book [Destiny of Man, 1884]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.101
Date range 17 September 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.101 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FISKE, John (1842-1901), 22 July 1888
Sent from Cambridge, Mass, USA

Introduces James MacAlister and Rev M J Savage; at work on his historical book [The Critical Period of American History, 1888]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.106
Date range 22 July 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.106 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FISKE, John (1842-1901), 5 August 1893
Sent from Cambridge, Mass, USA

Is writing a biography of Youmans; Huxley's association with him; asks if he may allude to various points; family news

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.110
Date range 5 August 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.110 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FLOWER, (Lady) Georgina Rosetta (1835-1923), 26 October 1886
Sent from London

Mrs Kingsley; has been ill since before Charles Kingsley's death

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.115
Date range 26 October 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.115 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FLOWER, (Sir) William Henry, FRS (1831-1899), 11 July 1862
Sent from the Royal College of Surgeons, London

Has been elected Professor of Anatomy and Physiology; Nodot of Dijon and Glyptodon

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.117
Date range 11 July 1862
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.117 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FLOWER, (Sir) William Henry, FRS (1831-1899), 25 February [1867]
Sent from the Royal College of Surgeons, London

No vertebral epiphyses in the Monotremata; astragalus of the Emu

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.119
Date range 25 February 1867
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.119 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FLOWER, (Sir) William Henry, FRS (1831-1899), 27 November 1877
Sent from the Royal College of Surgeons, London

Intends to report to Council of the Royal Society a work by Owen, Researches on the Fossil Remains of the Extinct Mammals of Australia, 1877, which made up entirely of matter and plates published in Philosophical Transactions and other scientific journals, without acknowledgement. Considers this a gross discourtesy to the Society, and unless permission was given an infringement of its rights [cf Life of Richard Owen ii, 233]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.120
Date range 27 November 1877
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.120 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FLOWER, (Sir) William Henry, FRS (1831-1899), 6 July 1883
Sent from the Royal College of Surgeons, London

Congratulates Huxley on his election as President of the Royal Society

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.123
Date range 6 July 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.123 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FLOWER, (Sir) William Henry, FRS (1831-1899), 28 November 1883
Sent from the Royal College of Surgeons, London

Contemplated appointment to directorship of Natural History Museum; insists that the Director ought to have an official residence [cf Sir William Henry Flower. A Personal Memoir 126]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.125
Date range 28 November 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.125 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FLOWER, (Sir) William Henry, FRS (1831-1899), 21 November 1887
Sent from Stanhope Gardens, London

Condolences on death of Huxley's daughter

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.129
Date range 21 November 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.129 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FLOWER, (Sir) William Henry, FRS (1831-1899), 1 December 1887
Sent from the Natural History Museum, London

The Presidency of the Royal Society; science and politics [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 173]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.131
Date range 1 December 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.131 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FLOWER, (Sir) William Henry, FRS (1831-1899), 9 January 1894
Sent from Bournemouth, Hampshire

Huxley's comments on the proofs of Flower's article [Obituary of Sir R Owen in Proceedings of the Royal Society]; Owen's career and emoluments

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.133
Date range 9 January 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.133 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FLOWER, (Sir) William Henry, FRS (1831-1899),1 May 1894
Sent from the Natural History Museum, London

Huxley's contribution to Life of Richard Owen [ii, 273]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.134
Date range 1 May 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.134 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FLOWER, (Sir) William Henry, FRS (1831-1899), 7 February 1895
Sent from the Natural History Museum, London

Comment on the Biographies of Owen

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.135
Date range 7 February 1895
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.135 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FLOWER, (Sir) William Henry, FRS (1831-1899), 9 February 1895
Sent from the Natural History Museum, London

Reviews of Life of Richard Owen; the article on Owen in Dictionary of National Biography

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.136
Date range 9 February 1895
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.136 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Leonard Huxley from FLOWER, (Sir) William Henry, FRS (1831-1899), 8 August 1897
Sent from Stanhope Gardens, London

Sends Huxley's letters to him for use in Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.138
Date range 8 August 1897
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.138 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FLUHRER, (Rev) Charles, 2 June 1892
Sent from Grand Rapids, Mich, USA

A copy of Huxley's address on the Advance of Science has been placed in the foundation stone of the new Universalist Church

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.140
Date range 2 June 1892
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.140 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FORBES, Archibald (1838-1900), 1 May 1878
Sent from Maida Vale, London

Proposes visit

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.142
Date range 1 May 1878
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.142 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Archibald (1838-1900), [1878]
Sent from Maida Vale, London

Invitation to meet H M Stanley and Henty; invites Huxley's daughter to his lectures

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.143
Date range 1878
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.143 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Archibald (1838-1900), 28 May 1878
Sent from Huddersfield, Yorkshire

Enquires as to illness in Huxley's family

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.145
Date range 28 May 1878
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.145 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Archibald (1838-1900), [June 1878]
Sent from Newcastle, Staffordshire

[To Huxley's daughter Marian]. On her convalescence

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.146
Date range June 1878
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.146 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FORBES, Archibald (1838-1900), [28 November 1879]
Sent from London

Acceptance of invitation

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.147
Date range 28 November 1879
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.147 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FORBES, Archibald (1838-1900), [1879]
Sent from London

Invitation

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.148
Date range 1879
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.148 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FORBES, Archibald (1838-1900), [1890]
Sent from London

Acceptance of invitation

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.150
Date range 1890
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.150 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), 11 November 1846
Sent from Bala, North Wales

Arrangements for meeting Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.151
Date range 11 November 1846
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.151 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), [September 1847]
Sent from [Rattlesnake, at Sydney], New South Wales, Australia

His paper on Physalia sent from the Cape of Good Hope; subsequent observations. [Long letter, with drawings]. Proposed new classification

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.154
Date range September 1847
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.154 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), 7 October 1851
Sent from King's College, London

Testimonial for Huxley's Toronto candidature [Testimonials of Thomas H Huxley, FRS, Candidate for the Chair of Natural History at the University of Toronto 4]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.160
Date range 7 October 1851
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.160 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), [1851]
Sent from [London]

Wishes to see Huxley about the grant for his publications

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.162
Date range 1851
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.162 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), [1851]
Sent from Jermyn Street, London

An Ascidian sent by Couch

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.166
Date range 1851
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.166 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), [1851]
Sent from [Jermyn Street]

Engraving of plate to be commenced immediately

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.167
Date range 1851
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.167 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), [1852]
Sent from Jermyn Street

The Aberdeen appointment will probably go to a Scotsman

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.168
Date range 1852
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.168 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), [November 1852]
Sent from [Jermyn Street]

Arrangements for a geological excursion to Grays, Essex

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.169
Date range November 1852
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.169 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), 16 November 1852
Sent from Sandown [?Isle of Wight]

Congratulations on award of Royal Medal; Owen's eccentricities

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.170
Date range 16 November 1852
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.170 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), 27 November 1852
Sent from London

An encounter with Owen; has given a testimonial, but was very patronizing [end lost]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.172
Date range 27 November 1852
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.172 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), 2 December 1852
Sent from Sandown [?Isle of Wight]

Owen's eccentricities; seems to be "attended by two spiritual policemen, one from the upper regions and the other from lower"; Aberdeen prospects

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.174
Date range 2 December 1852
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.174 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), 19 December 1852
Sent from Sandown [?Isle of Wight]

News of Huxley's Government grant; has not yet seen Darwin's book [Cirripedia, Ray Society]; a story about Babbage

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.176
Date range 19 December 1852
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.176 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), [1853]
Sent from [Jermyn Street]

Has been to College [of Surgeons] and seen Cunningham and Todd; advises Huxley to send his "Tooth Paper" [Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science i, 1853] to Todd

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.178
Date range 1853
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.178 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), [1854]
Sent from [Jermyn Street]

Very busy preparing to leave London; hopes to see Huxley at Liverpool [British Association]; would like to hear of Huxley's marine zoology at Tenby

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.179
Date range 1854
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.179 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), 2 July [1854]
Sent from Edinburgh

His new duties and life in Edinburgh

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.181
Date range 2 July 1854
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.181 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), 31 July [1854]
Sent from [Edinburgh]

Has completed his lectures and has been on a geological tour of the Highlands

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.183
Date range 31 July 1854
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.183 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), 31 July 1854
Sent from Edinburgh

Huxley's letter has arrived but cannot answer it fully; sends cheque

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.185
Date range 31 July 1854
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.185 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), 5 August 1854
Sent from [Edinburgh]

Pleasure at hearing of Huxley's grant for publications

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.186
Date range 5 August 1854
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.186 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), 31 August 1854
Sent from Edinburgh

Has returned to Edinburgh after his visit to London and has been ill

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.188
Date range 31 August 1854
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.188 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), 20 October [1854]
Sent from Edinburgh

Eagerly awaits Huxley's paper on Annelids [Edinburgh New Phil Journal, 1855, i, 113]; at work arranging museum

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.190
Date range 20 October 1854
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.190 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, Edward, FRS (1815-1854), 8 [November 1854]
Sent from [Edinburgh]

His illness prevents attention to correspondence; the award of the medal [Royal Medal, to Hooker]. [Not signed, but apparently nothing lost. Forbes died on 18 November]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.192
Date range 8 November 1854
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.192 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, James David, FRS (1809-1868), 14 May 1857
Sent from Edinburgh

Objects to nothing in Huxley's article in Westminster Review and even thinks it flattering

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.194
Date range 14 May 1857
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.194 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FORBES, James E, 22 May 1856
Sent from London

Thanks Huxley for introducing him to Sir James Clark

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.195
Date range 22 May 1856
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.195 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, Michael, FRCS (1810-1880), 3 May 1870
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Thanks Huxley for all his help, friendship and encouragement to his son; regrets his leaving University College but pleased at his Cambridge appointment

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.176
Date range 3 May 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.176 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, Michael, FRCS (1810-1880), 5 May 1870
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Overjoyed to hear Huxley's good account of the Cambridge prospects

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.178
Date range 5 May 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.178 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, Michael, FRCS (1810-1880), 27 June 1871
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Medical advice for child's whooping-cough

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.197
Date range 27 June 1871
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.197 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, Michael, FRCS (1810-1880), 25 July 1871
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Same subject

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.199
Date range 5 July 1871
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.199 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, Michael, FRCS (1810-1880), 30 October 1871
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Commends Huxley's firm attitude on the School Board

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.180
Date range 30 October 1871
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.180 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [1865]
Sent from [Huntingdon], Cambridgeshire

Sends article for the Reader on Playfair; will endeavour to make an article out of Fick's work
[The particular work of Adolf Fick is not mentioned, but as the subject is said to be "closely allied with Heidenhain's", it is probably some physiological study of muscles and nerves. Fick's myograph was first described in 1862]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.151
Date range 1865
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.151 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [1865]
Sent from [Huntingdon], Cambridgeshire

Is unable to make a readable article from Fick; cannot write "on science in general"

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.148
Date range 1865
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.148 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 1 July 1865
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Sends article (subject not named); wants specimens of Taeniae

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.150
Date range 1 July 1865
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.150 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 23 October 1865
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Sends article; is about to write for Fortnightly Review

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.153
Date range 23 October 1865
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.153 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 29 November [1865]
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Respiration of Ascaris; action of abdominal fluid like that of red blood of vertebrates

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.155
Date range 29 November 1865
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.155 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 20 August 1866
Sent from Charmouth, Dorset

Comments on proofs of Huxley's Physiology; will not be at Nottingham [British Association]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.157
Date range 20 August 1866
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.157 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 15 July [1867]
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Particulars of a microscope from Hartnack of Paris

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.161
Date range 15 July 1867
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.161 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 30 September 1867
Sent from London

Thanks for Table of Constants
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.1
Date range 30 September 1867
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.1 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [1867]
Sent from Bickley [?Kent]

Sends prescription for her children

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.201
Date range 1867
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.201 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [November 1867]
Sent from [London]

Intends to give up Fullerian Lectures and asks Foster to take them over
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.3
Date range November 1867
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.3 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 27 November 1867
Sent from London

Illness in the family
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.5
Date range 27 November 1867
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.5 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 27 December [1867]
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Human remains found in peat near Chatteris

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.163
Date range 27 December 1867
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.163 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 17 January [1868]
Sent from University College [?London]

Appreciation of Huxley's address on Education [The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley iii, 76]; von Baer's influence

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.164
Date range 17 January 1868
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.164 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 28 May 1868
Sent from London

Returns proofs [of 2nd edition of Pysiology] but is not clear about the Constants
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.7
Date range 28 May 1868
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.7 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 29 June 1868
Sent from London

A rejected article
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.9
Date range 29 June 1868
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.9 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 21 August 1868
Sent from London

Will support his application to the Grants Committee
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.11
Date range 21 August 1868
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.11 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [February 1869]
Sent from London]

Invitation to dine
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.12
Date range February 1869
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.12 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 10 April 1869
Sent from London]

The Fullerian lecture question settled; has been to Liverpool to advocate Scientific Sunday Schools
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.13
Date range 10 April 1869
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.13 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 20 April 1869
Sent from London]

Congratulates Foster on being officially appointed Fullerian Professor
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.15
Date range 20 April 1869
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.15 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 28 April 1869
Sent from London]

Rather regrets that Foster has the Fullerian Professorship as the work is greater than the pay; urges him to give up lecturing and take to writing
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.16
Date range 28 April 1869
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.16 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 4 May 1869
Sent from London]

Will make opening remarks to introduce Foster to his audience; Pye Smith's Glossary
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.18
Date range 4 May 1869
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.18 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 7 May 1869
Sent from London]

Examination papers ready; must consult with Parker thereon
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.20
Date range 7 May 1869
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.20 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 22 May 1869
Sent from London]

Another meeting about examinations
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.21
Date range 22 May 1869
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.21 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [29 October 1869]
Sent from [Bickley], Kent

His wife dying

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.166
Date range 29 October 1869
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.166 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [3 November 1869]
Sent from [Bickley], Kent

Death of his wife; intends to live at Huntingdon

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.167
Date range 3 November 1869
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.167 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 8 November [1869]
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Thanks for sympathy; is giving up his house in Bickley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.168
Date range 8 November 1869
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.168 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 20 January 1870
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Has interrupted his foreign tour and returned because of ill-health and home-sickness

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.170
Date range 20 January 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.170 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 28 January 1870
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Feels better but intends to go away again, perhaps to Tenby but preferably to the Mediterranean; his indisposition more mental than physical; unable to concentrate

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.202
Date range 28 January 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.202 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 10 February 1870
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Uncertainty as to his plans; would like to go to Tenby and meet Dyster, but cannot go alone; may go with a friend to Mediterranean; is thinking of applying for Assistant Registrarship of London University

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.205
Date range 10 February 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.205 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 1 March 1870
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Is still in his father's house, lazing; Huxley's address to Geological Society

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.207
Date range 1 March 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.207 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 6 March [1870]
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

May come to London as assistant to Sharpey; has read Huxley's address [Geological Society] in Nature; has applied for an examinership; prescribes tincture of steel

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.209
Date range 6 March 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.209 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [May 1870]
Sent from [Huntingdon]

A long and candid self-examination; his debt to Huxley in his career; Huxley's reanimation of the Ethnological Society; Donovan's paper [On the Brain in the Study of Ethnology, Journal of the Ethnological Society, new series ii, 169]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.173
Date range May 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.173 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 17 May 1870
Sent from London

Scrutiny of examination papers; "plucking"
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.22
Date range 17 May 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.22 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 3 August 1870
Sent from London

Sends letter from Brown-Sequard [qv No 1]; asks Foster to make arrangements for demonstration at British Association
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.24
Date range 3 August 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.24 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 28 November [1870]
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Huxley's candidature for School Board; begins lecturing in January

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.211
Date range 28 November 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.211 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 12 December 1870
Sent from London

Biology teaching officially sanctioned; Foster's lectures at Cambridge
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.25
Date range 12 December 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.25 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [31 December 1870]
Sent from [Cambridge]

Rutherford and Lankester anxious to join [in Summer Course]; Huxley's name to appear on title-page of Foster's advanced text-book

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.184
Date range 31 December 1870
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.184 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 2 January 1871
Sent from London

Has been lecturing in Leeds and Bradford; pleased at Lankester and Rutherford's co-operation; will not put his name to another's work; proposes joint operation
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.27
Date range 2 January 1871
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.27 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 5 January 1871
Sent from London

Official sanction for Huxley's summer course; allocation of funds
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.29
Date range 5 January 1871
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.29 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 26 February [1871]
Sent from Cambridge

Huxley's address [The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley iii, 374]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.213
Date range 26 February 1871
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.213 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 5 March [1871]
Sent from Cambridge

The religious question on the School Board

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.215
Date range 5 March 1871
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.215 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 27 October 1871
Sent from London

Has received woodcuts; has answered Mivart and the Quarterly Review [on Darwin's Descent of Man] in Contemporary Review [November 1871 - The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 120]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.31
Date range 27 October 1871
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.31 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 22 November 1871
Sent from London

Enquires best place in Germany for a student of human anatomy
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.33
Date range 22 November 1871
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.33 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 18 December 1871
Sent from London

Apportionment of bill for fees
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.34
Date range 18 December 1871
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.34 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 8 January 1872
London

Is leaving for Egypt
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.35
Date range 8 January 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.35 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [9 January 1872]
Sent from Cambridge

Engagement for second marriage [with Margaret Rust]; to be kept secret for a time

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.217
Date range 9 January 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.217 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 12 January 1872
Sent from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Huxley's departure; has arranged to take his lectures and will assist in all possible ways

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.219
Date range 12 January 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.219 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 26 February 1872
Sent from Cambridge

Sends letter from Donnelly [qv No 3]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.221
Date range 26 February 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.221 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 26 March 1872
Sent from Huntingdon

Personal news

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.222
Date range 26 March 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.222 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 5 April 1872
Sent from Paris

Is returning from his travels with restored health [End lost]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.36
Date range 5 April 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.36 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 15 April 1872
Sent from London

Wants six assistant examiners for Physiology examinations
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.38
Date range 15 April 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.38 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 22 April 1872
Sent from London

Martin and Rutherford proposed as Assistant Examiners; congratulates Foster on election as a Fellow of the Royal Society
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.39
Date range 22 April 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.39 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from Mrs Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [22 April 1872]
Sent from [London]

Invitation to Huxley's birthday party

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.40
Date range 22 April 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.40 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 4 July 1872
Sent from London

Encloses letter from Dohrn; is doubtful of support by Royal Society
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.42
Date range 4 July 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.42 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [September 1872]
Sent from London

Has been to Devon and Isle of Wight; the book [Pysiology] nearly finished
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.57
Date range September 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.57 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 4 March 1873
Sent from London

Cannot lend apparatus as it is contrary to rules; asks for latest literature on Protoplasm
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.44
Date range 4 March 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.44 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 5 March 1873
Sent from London

Asks for return of his notes and drawings on Pencillium
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.46
Date range 5 March 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.46 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 5 March 1873
Sent from London

Asks if anyone has written specially on Protoplasm since Kuhne's Das Protoplasma
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.47
Date range 5 March 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.47 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from Mrs Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [5 March 1873]
Sent from [London]

Invitation to dinner

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.48
Date range 5 March 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.48 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 19 March 1873
Sent from London

Thanks for 'handbook' [Text-book of Physiology]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.49
Date range 19 March 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.49 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [1873]
Sent from [Shelford] [?Nottinghamshire]

Suggests that Martin should proceed with the Biology text-book and will revise his work; Thiselton-Dyer to supervise Botany

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.186
Date range 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.186 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 22 April 1873
Sent from London

Sends letter enquiring about a biology assistant; has been to Aberdeen
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.50
Date range 22 April 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.50 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 25 April 1873
Sent from London

Will need an extra assistant for examinations; will discontinue the course to schoolmasters
Original letter, signed, to Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.51
Date range 25 April 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.51 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 28 April 1873
Sent from London

Thanks for gift of picture; personal news; sends Critiques and Addresses
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.53
Date range 28 April 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.53 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 28 April 1873
Sent from London

Fixes date of meeting for examiners
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.55
Date range 28 April 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.55 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 11 May 1873
Sent from London

Altered date of examination meeting
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.59
Date range 11 May 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.59 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 27 June 1873
Sent from London

Invitation to dinner; is altering the Physiology programme
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.60
Date range 27 June 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.60 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 28 November 1873
Sent from London

Anniversary meeting of Royal Society; Airy's presidency; Dohrn has not replied to his important letter
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.62
Date range 28 November 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.62 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 4 December 1873
Sent from London

Has written to Brady a letter about [Albany] Hancock for publication [See BRADY, H B, No 1]; has heard from Dohrn that his father would not like him to accept a subscription [See DOHRN, Nos 54, 56]; Royal Society Anniversary Dinner; Hooker's installation; Owen malignant
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.64
Date range 4 December 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.64 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 11 January 1874
Sent from London

Has sent his record, but forgot to insert his service on the School Board
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.66
Date range 11 January 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.66 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 13 January 1874
Sent from London

Will call on his way to Metaphysical Society
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.68
Date range 13 January 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.68 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 23 February 1874
Sent from London

Is leaving for Aberdeen; sends May examination papers for Foster's attention; his Rectorial Address
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.73
Date range 23 February 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.73 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 21 March 1874
Sent from London

Has finished course of lectures to working men; illness of Dohrn
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.75
Date range 21 March 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.75 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [1 April 1874]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Sends letters from Dew [Smith] and Balfour; also Darwin's, Lankester's and his own appeals for Dohrn

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.182
Date range 1 April 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.182 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 2 April 1874
Sent from London

Just leaving for Folkestone, will attend to Foster's letter on his arrival
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.77
Date range 2 April 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.77 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 18 April 1874
Sent from London

Did as he was told with the Memorial [ie sent it to Darwin for approval]; Martin has brought draft Syllabus
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.78
Date range 18 April 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.78 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 23 April 1874
Sent from the Royal Society, London

Royal Society has awarded £100 to Dohrn
Original letter, signed, to Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.79
Date range 23 April 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.79 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 25 April 1874
Sent from London

Appealed to Whitworth for Dohrn and got £10
Original letter, signed, to Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.80
Date range 25 April 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.80 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 2 May 1874
Sent from London

British Association meeting in Belfast; arrangements for Examinations
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.116
Date range 2 May 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.116 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 5 May 1874
Sent from London

List of examiners; arrangements for meeting
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.81
Date range 5 May 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.81 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 8 May 1874
Sent from London

Date of meeting altered
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.83
Date range 8 May 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.83 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 8 May 1874
Sent from London

Applications for the Schoolmasters' Course
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.84
Date range 8 May 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.84 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 4 July 1874
Sent from London

Lankester contemplates applying for the Newcastle Chair
Original letter, signed, to Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.86
Date range 4 July 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.86 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 8 August 1874
Sent from London

Watson appointed to Owen's College
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.88
Date range 8 August 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.88 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 12 August 1874
Sent from London

Is going to Ireland with Tyndall for Belfast meeting of British Association; subject for his address, "Animal Automatism" [The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 199]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.90
Date range 12 August 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.90 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 29 September 1874
Sent from Aberdeen, Scotland

Sends questions for Fellowship Examination; is coming to Cambridge; Rutherford's election
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.92
Date range 29 September 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.92 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 20 October 1874
Sent from London

Asks for Infusoria; Sharpey and the Davy Committee
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.94
Date range 20 October 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.94 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 21 October [1874]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Acknowledges questions [No 01282]; proposal for appointment of Balfour; method of examination

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.188
Date range 21 October 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.188 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 29 November 1874
Sent from London

Carus is leaving Edinburgh and Huxley has been asked to take his place; anatomy of Amphioxus; a paper at Linnean Society
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.96
Date range 29 November 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.96 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 1 December 1874
Sent from London

Foster to undertake his examination work while in Edinburgh; Amphioxus
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.100
Date range 1 December 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.100 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 19 January [1875]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Thinks Martin's name should appear on title-page [of Elementary Biology] and that he should have an interest in the sales

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.192
Date range 19 January 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.192 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 27 January [1875]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Elaboration of Martin's claim for recognition; is sending a paper for Royal Society by himself and Dew Smith; wishes Huxley to read it before it is presented; the vivisection question; beginning his lectures

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.194
Date range 27 January 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.194 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 29 January [1875]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Marshall, who is joining Dohrn at Naples, wishes to see Huxley before he goes

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.198
Date range 29 January 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.198 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 31 January [1875]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

The words "assisted by Martin" to stand on title-page [of Elementary Biology]; has sent his paper to Royal Society

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.200
Date range 31 January 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.200 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 1 February 1875
Sent from London

Suggested title-page for Elementary Biology
Signed letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.102
Date range 1 February 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.102 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 10 April 1875
Sent from London

Has sent in the names of the six assistant examiners in Physiology
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.104
Date range 10 April 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.104 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 16 April 1875
Sent from London

Asks Foster to undertake the Teachers' Course after the examinations; the Royal Society candidates
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.106
Date range 16 April 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.106 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 22 April 1875
Sent from London

Appointment to meet at Royal Society Club
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.108
Date range 22 April 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.108 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 11 May 1875
Sent from Edinburgh

Parker's prospects as assistant examiner; his class of 300 students
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.135
Date range 11 May 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.135 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 2 October 1875
Sent from London

Has returned from Elgin; his portrait in Nature; Sharpey's blindness
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.109
Date range 2 October 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.109 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 17 November [1875]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Will support Ray [Lankester, candidate for Royal Society]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.204
Date range 17 November 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.204 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 4 December 1875
Sent from London

Sends proofs; Balfour's paper to be read at Royal Society
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.111
Date range 4 December 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.111 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 9 December 1875
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

An American lady, who has attended Foster's and Balfour's lectures, would like to attend Huxley's, if he has no objection

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.206
Date range 9 December 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.206 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 13 December 1875
Sent from London

Personal news
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.136
Date range 13 December 1875
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.136 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 20 April 1876
Sent from London

Appointment to meet at Royal Society; intends to visit America
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.113
Date range 20 April 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.113 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 30 April 1876
Sent from London

List of assistant examiners appointed
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.115
Date range 30 April 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.115 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 21 May 1876
Sent from London

The Committee for administering the Jodrell Fund
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.118
Date range 21 May 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.118 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 25 May 1876
Sent from Edinburgh

House of Lords debate on Vivisection; his letter to The Times; a deputation to the Government
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.120
Date range 25 May 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.120 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 29 May 1876
Sent from Edinburgh

The vivisection question; his duel with Lord Shaftesbury
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.123
Date range 29 May 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.123 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 13 June 1876
Sent from Edinburgh

Coming to London for Royal Society; the Vivisection Bill
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.125
Date range 13 June 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.125 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 25 June 1876
Sent from Edinburgh

Criticism of some plates (not specified)
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.127
Date range 25 June 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.127 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 29 June 1876
Sent from Edinburgh

Constitution and disposition of his son Harry
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.129
Date range 29 June 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.129 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 4 July 1876
Sent from Edinburgh

Coming to London for Royal Society; as an ex-commissioner cannot sign petitions on vivisection
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.131
Date range 4 July 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.131 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 13 July [?1876]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

The prospects of Dew [Smith's] scientific instrument business; his status and capital; proposal that Horace Darwin should join the firm

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.208
Date range 13 July 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.208 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 8 March [1885]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Affairs of Royal Society; James appointed to succeed Herbert Rix [who was promoted to Assistant Secretary on retirement of White]; various Committees; library hours extended to 6 pm; has kept things going at South Kensington [Huxley's reply, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii,, 98]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.250
Date range 8 March 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.250 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [December 1887]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Death of Coutts Trotter

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.300
Date range December 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.300 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 12 October 1876
Sent from London

An Edinburgh student (Geddes) wants to go to Cambridge; asks advice; his American tour
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.133
Date range 12 October 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.133 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 14 January 1885
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Has received official letter extending Huxley's leave for two months

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.241
Date range 14 January 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.241 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 14 September [1879]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

A holiday abroad; Balfour has a paper ready, will send it to W W[hite, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]; graceful handling of Bathybius [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 5]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.212
Date range 14 September 1879
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.212 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 3 January 1881
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Report on Exams; as to Royal Society will "follow your bidding" [ie succeed Huxley as one of the Secretaries]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.216
Date range 3 January 1881
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.216 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 25 February 1883
Sent from London

Appointments; the Egypt Exploration fund; Israel in Egypt (sketch). [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 62]
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.138
Date range 25 February 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.138 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 22 September 1883
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

The Presidency of the Royal Society; most of the Fellows desire Huxley but Stokes might stand to please the older ones; strongly urges Huxley to be nominated [A long letter with much interesting detail] [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 51, 54]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.218
Date range 22 September 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.218 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 26 September 1883
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Urges Huxley not to withdraw nor take any steps as to the presidency until he writes again

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.220
Date range 26 September 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.220 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Telegram to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 1 October 1883
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Urging Huxley not to withdraw

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.225
Date range 1 October 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.225 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 2 October 1883
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Strong opinion in favour of Huxley; has seen Stokes and explained matters to him; he will probably withdraw [Huxley's reply Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 55]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.222
Date range 2 October 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.222 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 26 November 1883
Sent from London

Was unable to see Foster after the funeral [of Sir William Siemens at Kensal Green] to hand over a draft report (not specified) which he now sends
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.140
Date range 26 November 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.140 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 18 September [1884]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Huxley's health; his 'vital energy' not used up [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 72]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.227
Date range 18 September 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.227 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 22 October [1884]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Huxley in Venice [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 18]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.229
Date range 22 October 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.229 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 22 October [1884]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Glad to have news of Huxley; to tell him all is going well in his absence

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.224
Date range 22 October 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.224 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 28 October [1884]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Has written to Huxley to tell him that the Council [of the Royal Society] would not wish him to resign [the presidency]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.226
Date range 28 October 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.226 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 21 November [1884]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Glad to hear she has joined her husband in Italy; Harry Huxley has visited him; Royal Society meeting with Evans presiding

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.228
Date range 21 November 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.228 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 2 December [1884]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Account of Royal Society Anniversary meeting; list of the Council

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.231
Date range 2 December 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.231 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 4 December [1884]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Glad to hear of Huxley's progress; Lord Rayleigh added to Council

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.233
Date range 4 December 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.233 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 10 December 1884
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Improvement in health of Huxley and his daughter [Mrs Collier]; a leader in The Times on the Royal Society; Lankester's work on Medusae

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.234
Date range 10 December 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.234 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 13 December 1884
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Vice-presidents of Royal Society; election of Foreign Members

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.236
Date range 13 December 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.236 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [January 1885]
Sent from [Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]]

Huxley's health; is taking steps with Donnelly and Home Office to obtain extension of leave; affairs of Royal Society; resignation of White, Assistant Secretary

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.243
Date range January 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.243 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 9 January 1885
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Has seen Sir Andrew Clark and has obtained certificate for Home Office, and is applying for extension of leave; news [Huxley's reply, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 89]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.238
Date range 9 January 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.238 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 7 February 1885
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Sends preface [to Elementary Physiology; will see Macmillan as to copyright; affairs at the Royal Society; Moseley's proposal to open the library in the evening; the Gordon disaster [Huxley's reply, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 93]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.246
Date range 7 February 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.246 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 16 February [1885]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Huxley's relapse; advises him to consult Young and leave Rome; will not send proofs of Histiology chapter [ofElementary Physiology

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.231
Date range 16 February 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.231 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 7 March 1885
Sent from Royal Society, London

Sends draft letter on the Challenger expedition; wants to see his review of A Balfour

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.248
Date range 7 March 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.248 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 20 March 1885
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Huxley's good progress; a smoking room installed at Royal Society; a "free and easy" meeting poorly attended

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.252
Date range 20 March 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.252 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 4 May [1885]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Urges Huxley not to resign presidency of Royal Society, but to retire from the Fishery Inspectorship and South Kensington [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 106]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.254
Date range 4 May 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.254 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 2 August [1885]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

A rebuke to Lankester; his claims for [Royal] Medal

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.256
Date range 2 August 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.256 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 10 September 1885
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Urges Huxley to remain at Bournemouth; has been abroad; Royal Society affairs; improvement required in quality of plates in their publications; a foreign claimant for a medal

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.258
Date range 10 September 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.258 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [September 1885]
Sent from [Royal Society], London

Asks Huxley to attend a Challenger Committee meeting

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.262
Date range September 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.262 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 21 September [1885]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Greatly regrets the necessity of Huxley's resignation as president of the Royal Society

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.263
Date range 21 September 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.263 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 30 December [1885]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Sends report on Teacher's examinations; Oxford Science examinations [Reply in Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 119]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.265
Date range 30 December 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.265 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 30 January [1886]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Suggest proposing Lankester for the Athenaeum

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.269
Date range 30 January 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.269 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 3 April [1886]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

The constitution and management of the Marine Biological Association

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.271
Date range 3 April 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.271 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [12 September 1886]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Acknowledges cheerful letter on return from Arolla [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 138]; the British Association meeting

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.275
Date range 12 September 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.275 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [September 1886]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Advises Huxley to go to Surrey and not remain in London

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.277
Date range September 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.277 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 7 November 1886
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Relations of Royal Society to colonial societies; suggest Royal Society publish a Jubilee Volume on the progress of science

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.279
Date range 7 November 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.279 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 28 December 1886
Sent from Royal Society, London

A letter from the Treasury to some Committee of the Royal Society [not named, but probably Challenger

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.284
Date range 28 December 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.284 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 19 February 1887
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Sends examination questions in Pysiology; elementary, advanced and honours; asks Huxley to deal with questions in Morphology; a "Jubilee Committee" of the Royal Society

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.286
Date range 19 February 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.286 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 22 April 1887
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

The Croonian Lecture; a paper by Seeley received; a paper by Packer sent to referees; news

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.288
Date range 22 April 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.288 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 20 May [1887]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Sends draft report [on examinations]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.202
Date range 20 May 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.202 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [21 May 1887]
Sent from [Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]]

Sends remainder of report

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.203
Date range 21 May 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.203 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 16 November [1887]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Regrets that Stokes as President of the Royal Society and MP is to be noticed in Nature; division of opinion thereon; Challenger estimates; Lankester v von Lendenfeld

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.294
Date range 16 November 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.294 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 20 November [1887]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

The controversy about Stokes and the Nature article; other Royal Society news

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.296
Date range 20 November 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.296 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 20 November [1887]
Sent from [Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]]

Condolence on death of Huxley's daughter

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.298
Date range 20 November 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.298 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 1 December 1887
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

The Royal Society anniversary meeting; a poor address by Stokes; speech by Hooker; other speakers referred to Stokes at MP, but he did not reply

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.302
Date range 1 December 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.302 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 2 December 1887
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Huxley's letter to Stokes; considers him unsuitable to be President of the Royal Society; illness of Coutts Trotter [Vice Master of Trinity College Cambridge]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.305
Date range 2 December 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.305 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [1 December 1887]
Sent from [London]

Agrees to differ on the Stokes question
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.307
Date range 1 December 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.307 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [January 1888]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Medical degrees [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 189]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.308
Date range January 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.308 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [28 January 1888]
Sent from Royal Society, London

Sends a document for approval of Huxley and Hooker relating to Murray [and the Challenger Reports]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.310
Date range 28 January 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.310 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 11 February 1888
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Murray and the Challenger Reports; Treasury estimates; Murray proposes to publish at his own risk a general account, and to close down the official publications and staff; asks Huxley's opinion; public recognition of Murray's work; Spirula

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.312
Date range 11 February 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.312 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 19 February [1888]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Murray's proposals laid before the Treasury; Royal Society unable to intervene unless asked to do so; the questions for the South Kensington examinations

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.316
Date range 19 February 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.316 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 28 February 1888
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

The Lendenfeld affair at the Royal Society; sends proofs of Lendenfeld's paper with Brady's remarks thereon

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.318
Date range 28 February 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.318 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 10 March [1888]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Same subject

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.320
Date range 10 March 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.320 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 19 March 1888
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Difficulties with Lendenfeld and the British Association Rules; regrets that the Royal Society were ever associated with him

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.322
Date range 19 March 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.322 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 20 March 1888
Sent from Bournemouth, Hampshire

Thinks Lendenfeld has caused endless trouble; he threatens to ask for another grant
Original letter, signed, by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.142
Date range 20 March 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.142 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 22 March [1888]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Sends letters on the Challenger and Murray for approval of Huxley and Hooker

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.324
Date range 22 March 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.324 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 9 April [1888]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Huxley's health; urges him to retire from all work; the Geological Congress; suggests Huxley should remain President of the Marine Biological Association until the building is opening; the Royal Society Statutes

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.325
Date range 9 April 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.325 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 14 April 1888
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Huxley's notice of Darwin for Proceedings of the Royal Society; his decision to go abroad

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.328
Date range 14 April 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.328 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 20 August [1888]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Huxley at Maloja; intends to visit British Association at Bath and then go to Switzerland

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.332
Date range 20 August 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.332 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 8 October [1888]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Has returned; urges Huxley not to settle in London

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.334
Date range 8 October 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.334 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 10 November 1888
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Considers it would be a risk for Huxley to attend Royal Society anniversary meeting and dinner; illness of his son

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.336
Date range 10 November 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.336 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 9 December [1888]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Alterations in the Physiology course; is advised by Sedgwick to introduce the dog-fish as a good subject for dissection; other animals, vertebrate and invertebrate; notes on the Syllabus

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.338
Date range 9 December 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.338 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 17 December [1888]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Examinerships; is willing to continue Physiology, but not comparative Anatomy; his son on a voyage to Australia

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.343
Date range 17 December 1888
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.343 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 27 January [1889]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Marriages of Huxley's daughters; Huxley's decision to live in Eastbourne

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.345
Date range 27 January 1889
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.345 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 3 March 1889
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Congratulations on marriage of her daughters; unable to be present

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.233
Date range 3 March 1889
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.233 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 14 October [1889]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

The Congress at Basel; Foreign Secretary [Williamson] of Royal Society is resigning; Lankester's aspirations at Oxford

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.347
Date range 14 October 1889
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.347 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 17 November [1889]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Excellence of Koch's work; suggestion to make him a Foreign Member of the Royal Society

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.349
Date range 17 November 1889
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.349 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 15 January 1890
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Guillemard and his voyage to the Philippines; Stokes to resign from presidency of the Royal Society; Judd and the Nile Delta borings

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.351
Date range 15 January 1890
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.351 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 1 March 1890
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

The Marine Biological Association [cf LANKESTER, No 45]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.354
Date range 1 March 1890
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.354 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 21 November [1890]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Huxley to give the toast to the retiring President at Royal Society dinner

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.356
Date range 21 November 1890
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.356 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 2 December [1890]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Regrets Huxley unable to attend Royal Society dinner; Lubbock took his toast

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.357
Date range 2 December 1890
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.357 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 10 February 1891
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

His son offered medical post at Maloja; asks Huxley's advice

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.359
Date range 10 February 1891
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.359 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 5 January [1893]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Advice by Royal Society to London County Council and other bodies on water-supply; a Royal Commission

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.363
Date range 5 January 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.363 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 15 January 1893
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Thinks Huxley ought to attend meeting on the Owen Memorial [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 340]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.367
Date range 15 January 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.367 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), [22 June 1893]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Huxley's speech [at the Harvey Celebration] Cambridge

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.235
Date range 22 June 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.235 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 2 December 1893
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Regrets Huxley's inability to attend Royal Society Anniversary; the dinner, speeches tedious; The Times and Royal Society grants

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.369
Date range 2 December 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.369 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 3 December 1893
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Tyndall's funeral [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 369]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.371
Date range 3 December 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.371 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 7 January 1894
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Thinks that L C Miall's claims should be considered [to succeed A M Marshall at Owen's College]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.373
Date range 7 January 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.373 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 16 January 1894
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

A payment to G H Lewes; Marshall at Manchester

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.375
Date range 16 January 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.375 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 1 June [1894]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Is taking steps to trace the Southampton docker [see SPARKS, G and Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 365]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.377
Date range 1 June 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.377 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 10 June [1894]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

A proposed new text-book

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.330
Date range 10 June 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.330 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 30 June 1894
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Comments on the manuscript of Huxley's estimate of Owen [Life of Richard Owen ii, 273-332]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.379
Date range 30 June 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.379 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 28 October 1894
Sent from Eastbourne, Sussex

Comparison of their respective infirmities; a letter in Nature

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.144
Date range 28 October 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.144 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 1 November 1894
Sent from Royal Society, London

As Secretary of Royal Society announces award of Darwin Medal [Huxley's reply Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 386]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.383
Date range 1 November 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.383 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 2 November 1894
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Reply to no 01395

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.384
Date range 2 November 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.384 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 7 November [1894]
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Arrangements for Royal Society Anniversary

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.292
Date range 7 November 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.292 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 26 December 1894
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Is visiting Eastbourne

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.386
Date range 26 December 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.386 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 29 December 1894
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Visit postponed; Cunningham and the Darwin Medal

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.388
Date range 29 December 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.388 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 4 April 1895
Sent from Ilfracombe, Devon

Very anxious at Huxley's illness

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.237
Date range 4 April 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.237 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 11 April 1895
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Anxious about Huxley's health; offers to come and attend him

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.239
Date range 11 April 1895
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.239 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 26 May 1895
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Huxley's improvement in health; is ready to come if wanted

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.390
Date range 26 May 1895
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.390 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 19 August 1896
Sent from Royal Society, London

Sends 6 copies [of his Obituary of Huxley]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.241
Date range 19 August 1896
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.241 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), nd

A speech by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.394
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.394 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRYER, (Sir) Charles Edward (1850-1920), 3 March 1885
Sent from the Home Office, London

Case of the Severn Board versus the Canal Company and the erection of a grating; a case of "Justices' Justice"

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.303
Date range 3 March 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.303 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), about 1893
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

[Beginning lost]. Officers of Royal Society

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.392
Date range c. 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.392 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to Leonard Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 17 November 1899
Sent from Royal Society, London

Letters to be published in Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley; Sparks [qv] to be mentioned by initials only; suggests Donnelly be consulted as to publication of his letters

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.243
Date range 17 November 1899
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.243 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Mrs Huxley from FOSTER, (Sir) Michael, FRS (1836-1907), 30 June 1902
Sent from Shelford [?Nottinghamshire]

Recommends Dr J Rose Bradford as physician

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.242
Date range 30 June 1902
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.242 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOSTER, Michael George (1864-1934), about 1885
Sent from Cambridge

An article in the Cambridge Review condemns the system of medical training at Cambridge; urges Huxley to reply to it

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 4.146
Date range c. 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 4.146 Box Number 4 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FOX, M, 16 March 1871
Sent from Cave Castle, Yorkshire

Is an admirer of Huxley's writings except those on Evolution and hopes Huxley will not allow his name "to be mixed up with Mr Darwin's name in his theory of the 'Descent of Man'"

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.245
Date range 16 March 1871
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.245 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FRANCIS, William (1817-1904), 9 October 1851
Sent from London

The Toronto candidature
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 8.3
Date range 9 October 1851
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 8.3 Box Number 8 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANCIS, William (1817-1904), 14 May 1852
Sent from Red Lion Court [London]

Has heard from Sylvester that he is accused of being the author of strictures upon Hunt

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.247
Date range 14 May 1852
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.247 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 16 November 1857
Sent from St Bartholomew's Hospital, London

Thanks for his paper on glaciers [Philosophical Transactions, 147, 27] in which he has "completely demolished Agassiz"

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.248
Date range 16 November 1857
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.248 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 24 October 1859
Sent from London

Long letter criticising Forbes's claims to original discoveries relating to Glaciers, and proving that Rendu has priority and that Tyndall's discoveries are independent and contradictory of those of Forbes. This letter has marginal annotations by Professor W Hopkins [qv and see note to TYNDALL, J, No 85]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 8.100
Date range 24 October 1859
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 8.100 Box Number 8 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 2 November 1859
Sent from London

His letter to be considered a confidential communication to the Council of the Royal Society; confidence has been abused
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 8.111
Date range 2 November 1859
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 8.111 Box Number 8 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 3 November 1859
Sent from London

Instructs Frankland to refute suggestions of personal animosity against Forbes. Encloses letter from Hopkins [qv nos 2-4]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 8.110
Date range 3 November 1859
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 8.110 Box Number 8 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 3 November 1859
Sent from London

Strong opposition is likely; Hopkins's letters not to be mentioned; encloses reply to review by Sir D Brewster
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 8.112
Date range 3 November 1859
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 8.112 Box Number 8 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 3 November 1859
Sent from London

Announces that "the battle is over and the victory is ours"

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 8.116
Date range 3 November 1859
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 8.116 Box Number 8 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 4 November 1859
Sent from London

Comments on the "victory"
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 8.117
Date range 4 November 1859
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 8.117 Box Number 8 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 10 January 1868
Sent from Royal College of Chemistry, London

Thanks Huxley for his address [not specified] and hopes it will be printed in a more accessible form

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.250
Date range 10 January 1868
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.250 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 16 February 1869
Sent from Royal College of Chemistry, London

Replies to a request for criticism on Huxley's Lay Sermon on Protoplasm

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.251
Date range 16 February 1869
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.251 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 11 October 1882
Sent from Science and Art Department

Effect of new regulations on his department of the Normal School of Science

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.252
Date range 11 October 1882
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.252 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 17 October 1882
Sent from Science and Art Department

A suggestion of Donnelly's as to the hour of lectures

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.255
Date range 17 October 1882
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.255 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 4 April 1883
Sent from [London]

Sends a letter in which rumours are expressed [of private work being done in the laboratories, cf DONNELLY, J F D, Nos 9-11]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.256
Date range 4 April 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.256 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 16 April 1883
Sent from Science and Art Department

Has made strict enquiries and is sure that no private work is done in the laboratories

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.257
Date range 16 April 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.257 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 23 April 1883
Sent from Science and Art Department

Complains that his letter is still lying on Huxley's table

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.259
Date range 23 April 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.259 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 25 April 1883
Sent from [London]

Has not neglected his letter, but put it in Donnelly's hands; there is obvious mischief-making somewhere
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.260
Date range 25 April 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.260 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 27 June 1884
Sent from Reigate, Surrey

Sends his defence on charges of neglect of his department [cf DARROCH, D, No 1]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.261
Date range 27 June 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.261 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 29 June 1884
Sent from [London]

Will lay his defence at once before the Lords of Council
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.262
Date range 29 June 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.262 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 20 July 1884
Sent from Reigate, Surrey

Sends correspondence between himself and Donnelly

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.263
Date range 20 July 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.263 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 6 May 1886
Sent from the Athenaeum, London

A meeting of the X Club; Rome, Naples and Zurich better equipped with laboratories than London

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.264
Date range 6 May 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.264 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 19 June 1886
Sent from London

Dissatisfaction at the Chemical Department expressed by the Lord President and Vice President, who asked Huxley to communicate their views [cf DONNELLY, J F D, No 20]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.266
Date range 19 June 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.266 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 5 December 1886
Sent from Reigate, Surrey

A meeting of the X Club; matters discussed; two vacancies to fill

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.268
Date range 5 December 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.268 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 4 April 1887
Sent from Monte Carlo

Effects of an earthquake at Mentone [France]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.270
Date range 4 April 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.270 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 5 November 1887
Sent from Reigate, Surrey

Meeting of X Club at which Hirst, Lubbock and Tyndall present; awards of Royal Society medals

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.272
Date range 5 November 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.272 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 6 October 1889
Sent from Reigate, Surrey

Water-supply of Eastbourne

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.274
Date range 6 October 1889
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.274 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 2 September 1894
Sent from Reigate, Surrey

Thanks for The Collected Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley; a layman as President of British Association [Lord Salisbury]

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.276
Date range 2 September 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.276 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to Leonard Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), 26 November 1895
Sent from Reigate, Surrey

Sends Huxley's letters, 10 of which he has selected for use in Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.278
Date range 26 November 1895
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.278 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRANKLAND, (Sir) Edward, FRS (1825-1899), nd
Sent from Reigate, Surrey

Photograph

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.279
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 16.279 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FREDERIC, Harold (1856-1898), 21 December 1892
Sent from London

A long rejoinder to Huxley's comments on his book, The New Exodus

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.280
Date range 21 December 1892
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.280 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRITH, William Powell (1819-1909), 13 February 1882
Sent from Bayswater, London

Is painting a group-picture of the Private View of the Royal Academy and introducing many well-known people; asks Huxley for a sitting

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.282
Date range 13 February 1882
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.282 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRITH, William Powell (1819-1909), 26 February 1882
Sent from Bayswater, London

Is most anxious that science should be represented in his group and hopes Huxley will be able to sit; has borrowed a bust by Boehm

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.283
Date range 26 February 1882
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.283 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FROUDE, James Anthony (1818-1894), 3 June [1877]
Sent from London

Thanks for American Addresses; his feelings on Evolution

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.284
Date range 3 June 1877
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.284 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FROUDE, James Anthony (1818-1894), 5 June [1877]
Sent from London

Acceptance of invitation

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.286
Date range 5 June 1877
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.286 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FROUDE, James Anthony (1818-1894), 16 December [1877]
Sent from London

Has read the Physiography; comments thereon

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.287
Date range 16 December 1877
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.287 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FROUDE, James Anthony (1818-1894), 23 December [1877]
Sent from London

Will give a Sunday lecture if asked by Huxley to do so

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.289
Date range 23 December 1877
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.289 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FROUDE, James Anthony (1818-1894), 16 January [1878]
Sent from London

An insolent book on Darwin by "a Cambridge Graduate"; asks Huxley to review it

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.291
Date range 16 January 1878
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.291 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FROUDE, James Anthony (1818-1894), 12 September [1878]
Sent from London

Presents a volume of his Essay

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.292
Date range 12 September 1878
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.292 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRYER, (Sir) Charles Edward (1850-1920), 29 December 1884
Sent from the Home Office, London

Visits and investigations for the Fisheries Commission; an abusive and misrepresenting opponent, who violates the Board's orders

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.293
Date range 29 December 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.293 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRYER, (Sir) Charles Edward (1850-1920), 13 January 1885
Sent from the Home Office, London

The same matter; possible courses of action to prevent violation

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.297
Date range 13 January 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.297 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FRYER, (Sir) Charles Edward (1850-1920), 14 January 1885
Sent from the Home Office, London

The Severn Board and illegal fishing

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 16.300
Date range 14 January 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 16.300 Box Number 16 Series 1f
Letter to T H Huxley from FUNK & WAGNALL'S COMPANY, 16 October 1893
Sent from New York, USA

Revision of definitions of terms applying to Evolution for the Standard Dictionary; Huxley's refusal to act will embarrass the firm and invalidate their published List of Editors

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 30.175
Date range 16 October 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 30.175 Box Number 30 Series 1f
Letter from T H Huxley to FUNK & WAGNALL'S COMPANY, 26 November 1893
Sent from [Eastbourne]

Huxley unable to withdraw his refusal
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 30.176
Date range 26 November 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 30.176 Box Number 30 Series 1f

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