Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1830 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
29pp
Scope and content
Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including Thomas MacKreth naming subscribers in Lancaster, Lancashire; the successful application of John Richardson Major (1797-1876) for the post of Headmaster at King’s College School; the unsuccessful application of Henry Malden (1800-1876) for the Chair of Classical Literature; the successful application of Herbert Mayo (1796-1852) for the Chair of Anatomy and Physiology, including letters regarding the purchase of the ‘Sommerring’ museum (the collection of Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (1755-1830), German physician) from Frankfurt, Germany; T J Millar offering a house on Surrey Street for the use of members of the College; the successful application of Henry Moseley (1801-1872) for the Chair of Experimental Philosophy.