Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS c/95/181
Title
Letter from Charles Waldstein to Henry Sidgwick
Date(s)
- 30 May 1900 (Creation)
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1 doc
Context area
Name of creator
(1856-1927)
Biographical history
"Walston [formerly Waldstein], Sir Charles (1856–1927), classical archaeologist, was born on 30 March 1856 in New York, the third son of Henry Waldstein, a merchant, and his wife, Sophie Srisheim. The family name was Anglicized in the spring of 1918."… read more
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Refers to Henry Sidgwick's impending 'serious operation'. Attributes to him and [Henry] Bradshaw the main credit for 'any good work' that he [Waldstein] may have done since coming to Cambridge. Writes of how much Sidgwick's personality and example have… read more