Item 169 - Letter from Edward T. B. Twisleton

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Add. MS a/213/169

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Letter from Edward T. B. Twisleton

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  • 11 Nov. 1862 (Creation)

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4 pp.

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Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science
(1794-1866)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Thanks WW for writing to the Public School Commissioners and for accompanying it with a copy of his work on University Education ['On the Principles of English University Education', 1837: See ETBT to WW, 4 Nov. 1862]. The Oxford University Commissioners acted very nearly in accordance with WW's views respecting instruction in the physical sciences in dealing with Winchester College. However the Warden of Winchester who corresponded with the Oxford University Commissioners is dead and the Fellows claim that they never saw the Warden's letter. Likewise the Head Master claims he never saw the correspondence between the Warden and the Commissioners: 'The effect of this is that in November 1862 the Public School Commissioners are almost precisely at the point where the Oxford University Commissioners thought they were in December 1857. Five years have been lost'.

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