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Routh, Hilda (1840-1916) daughter of Sir George Biddell Airy With digital objects
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Letter from George Airy
Letter from George Airy
Add. MS a/200/183 · Item · 15 June 1864
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Isle of Man - Hilda Airy has decided on either August 31 or September 1 to get married, GA hopes WW will act as the Minister [see also GA to WW, 28 Apr. 1864]. GA is having a holiday on the Isle of Man with his son, Hubert.
Letter from George Airy
Letter from George Airy
Add. MS a/200/66 · Item · 26 Dec. 1846
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Flamsteed House, Greenwich - The medical attendant has announced that Hilda Airy is now out of danger. Has WW received the description of Pulkowa [Pulkowa Observatory]? The speeches at the commemoration did not come up to GA's expectation: 'there was no sufficient acknowledgement of or allusion to the effect of university education on the habits of the mind: - which in my opinion makes the great difference between a Cambridge man and another'.