Key Information
Reference code
KA/IC/B/39
Title
Letters, Oct 1855, to the Secretary of King’s College London relating to the appointment of John Brewer to the Chair of English Literature and Modern History
Date(s)
- 1855 Oct 22 - 1855 Oct 28 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
8pp
Scope and content
Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London regarding the successful application of John Sherren Brewer (1809-1879), for the Chair of English Literature and Modern History, including testimonials from John Lonsdale (1788-1867), Bishop of Lichfield and former Principal; Francis Turner Palgrave, (1824-1897), anthologist and art critic; Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy (1804-1878), historian and archivist; Frederick Denison Maurice (1805-1872), former Professor of English Literature and Ecclesiastical History.