Item 181 - Letter from Charles Waldstein to Henry Sidgwick

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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

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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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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 haveread more

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