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[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Thomas Preston],

Title

[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Thomas Preston],

Creator

Preston, Thomas, 1860-1900

Date

12 March 1899

Publisher

RDS Library & Archives

Identifier

GFF 11/9

Subject

Preston, Thomas, 1860-1900
Lodge, Oliver, 1851-1940.
Thompson, Silvanus Phillips, 1851-1916.
British Association for the Advancement of Science.
Queen's College, Galway.
Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901. Correspondence

Description

Handwritten letter from Thomas Preston to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 12 March 1899. The paper’s masthead is from Preston’s home at Bardowie, Orwell Park, Rathgar, County Dublin. He has recently returned from a tour. He lists the committee members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, including Oliver Lodge, Monsignor Molloy, Silvanus Phillips Thompson, and Preston and Fitzgerald. He writes that he received a letter from Yeats [possibly William Butler Yeats] asking for money. Preston suspects that the Lord Lieutenant will not offer him a position in [Queen’s College] Galway unless everybody else refuses. He does not feel insulted and plans to stay where he is. 2pp.

Source

RDS Library & Archives GFF collection of letters

Contributor

Preston, Thomas, 1860-1900
Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901. Correspondent
RDS Library & Archives

Rights

Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.

Relation

RDS Science Archive

Format

Manuscript

Language

English

Type

Text

Coverage

1870-1901

Collection

George Francis Fitzgerald Letters

Citation

Preston, Thomas, 1860-1900, “[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Thomas Preston],,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed July 19, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/698.

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