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[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from John Perry],

Title

[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from John Perry],

Creator

Perry, John, 1850-1920

Date

1894

Identifier

GFF 12/71

Subject

Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925.
Rayleigh, John William Strutt, 1842-1919.

Description

Handwritten letter from John Perry, Leonard Street, London, to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 13th February 1893. Perry discusses a mutual acquaintance. 4pp.

Sir Fitzgerald
Thank you for writing - I was worrying myself. "The Electrician" manager tells me that he is quite sure J O.H's not having made any other [?] them from him + the total amount in [?] £120 during the last four years.

A. W. Heaviside has obtained from the Devonshire banker who knows exactly O.H's income, the information that during last year he received [?] £51....... (I haven't the letter in my pocket so I cannot give you the shilling and pence).

I think this will be enough information for the committee God knows I have felt very mean once or twice I'm trying [?]

Of course if the committee give the money it will be on account of poverty. Nobody beyond ourselves and the committee need know of this. I'm speaking to Trotter and other
I always put it "a grant from the R.S and possibly, a pension"

But he may be very angry if he accepts and afterwards thinks that we have in any way deceived him into accepting charity.

Rayleigh says that if he will ask for a grant (or possibly if we ask for him but he is not sure of this) of money to buy books or [?] for any specific investigation or kind of investigation (it need not be specified with too much exaction he will certainly obtain a grant from the other fund.

I wonder if he would consent to deliver a course of say eight special evening

Source

RDS Library & Archives GFF collection of letters

Contributor

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

Perry, John, 1850-1920, “[Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from John Perry],,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed July 11, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/774.

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