Key Information
Reference code
KA/IC/L/42
Title
Letters, 1862-1863, to the Secretary of King’s College London about the appointment of James Lonsdale to the Chair of Classical Literature
Date(s)
- 1862 17 Nov - 1863 Feb 13 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
20pp
Scope and content
Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London regarding the [successful] application of James Gylby Lonsdale (1816-1892) for the Chair of Classical Literature and Censor, including testimonials from Henry Montagu Butler (1833-1918); Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815-1881); George Rawlinson (1812-1902), historian and Church of England clergyman; Robert Gandell (1818-1887), orientalist and biblical scholar; Richard Shilleto (1809-1876), classical scholar; John Hothersall Pinder (1794-1868).