Item 52 - Letters from Henry Jackson to Leslie Stephen and Nora Sidgwick; notes by Henry Jackson and Nora Sidgwick

Identity area

Reference code

Add. MS b/71/52

Title

Letters from Henry Jackson to Leslie Stephen and Nora Sidgwick; notes by Henry Jackson and Nora Sidgwick

Date(s)

  • 1900-1904 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

2 letters (one a copy letter); 6 gatherings of MS and typescript notes.

Context area

Name of creator

(1839-1921)

Biographical history

Henry Jackson was born in 1839, the son of an eminent Sheffield surgeon of the same name. He attended Sheffield Collegiate School and Cheltenham College before entering Trinity College Cambridge in 1858. He graduated BA in 1862 as third Classic. He wasread more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Typewritten copy of letter. Refers to 'some rough memoranda [included] about the share which Henry Sidgwick took in College and University business.' Adds that he is not writing anything 'with a view to its incorporation, solid, in [Stephen's] article',read more

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