| Administrative History | Alfred Edward Chalon (1780–1860), Portrait and Subject Painter
Philip Kelland (1808–1879), Mathematician
John Mackenzie (1803–1886), Physician and Landowner
William Whewell (1794–1866), College Head and Writer on the history and philosophy of science |
| Description | Letter from Duncan Farquharson Gregory to his sister, Mrs Margaret Alison, in which he remarks that he is glad she likes the teapot and suggests that she might add learning to make a cup of good tea as a point to be studied in her educational fervour; he is also glad to hear that she got a gold watch for 'Doc', remarks that it will aid him to get a good practice and asks if it was the watch she was looking at in Marshall's shop; he had been entertaining the idea of getting the Shakespeare book she mentioned and will now do so; her new year was merrier than his as he was alone in Cambridge; mentions Chalon's prints: he thought the one he did of Queen Victoria was abominable; few of his friends are present so he has had a quiet time, has refused invitations to three balls; has made little headway in reading for the fellowship and remarks that he finds the 'getting up' of mathematics for an examination harder than for classics and metaphysics; 'Bobby' has resigned his professorship without an obvious successor, were he older he might go for it but it is worth little financially; asks how Kelland gets on with his brother professors and whether she is a bosom friend of Mrs Kelland now; remarks that Whewell is to be Senior Dean - 'he is so fond of exercising authority that he delights to take a place most men dislike. I fear he will make a kettle of fish of it'; asks for John MacKenzie's address, 5 January 1839. |