A PIONEER OF FINGERPRINTING HERSCHEL (Sir William James, 1833-1917, 2nd Baronet and Bengal Civil Servant,

Autograph Letter in the third person enclosing a "postal order for £1.1 in payment of his subscription to the Wycliff Society for the past year ." 1 side sm. 8vo., Lawn Upton, Littlemore, 9th February

He was the grandson of astronomer William Herschel, and the son of John Herschel, also an astronomer. His father asked him to choose a career other than astronomy, so he joined the East India Company, and in 1853 was posted to Bengal. He was instrumental in the discovery of fingerprinting.

Item Date:  1886

Stock No:  39763