Key Information
Reference code
KA/IC/L/70
Title
Letters, Jul 1885, to the Secretary of King’s College London about the appointment of John Laughton to the Chair in Modern History
Date(s)
- 1885 6 Jul (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
16pp
Scope and content
Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London regarding the successful application of John Knox Laughton (1830-1915) for the Chair of Modern History, including testimonials from Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe (1814-1906), naval officer; Thomas Archer Hirst (1830-1892), mathematician; Thomas John Main (1818-1885), mathematician; Brooke Lambert (1834-1901), social reformer and Church of England clergyman; and Henry Reeve (1813-1895), translator and magazine editor.