Identificatie
referentie code
Add. MS a/204/122
Titel
James David Forbes to William Whewell
Datum(s)
- 10 Jan. 1858 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Stuk
Omvang en medium
4 pp
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Edinburgh - JDF hopes WW will travel another half a day and stay with him. He is currently lecturing three days a week. JDF is 'not at all indisposed to several of the proposed improvements' to Edinburgh University: 'But of course I am annoyed by the absurdities and misrepresentations of our eccentric (though not unamiable) professor of Greek. With Sir John McNeill's pamphlet I thoroughly agree. And not least in his denunciation of the competitive examination system for the civil service'.