Sylvester, James Joseph, (1814-1897), mathematician

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Surname:	Sylvester
Forenames:	James Joseph
Gender:	Male
Date:	1814-1897
Biography:	ODNB link for Sylvester, James Joseph (1814-1897) Mathematician
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P134127 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P27839 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for James Joseph Sylvester

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1844-1976: corresp and papers	Cambridge University: St John's College Library	Sylvester	NRA 9502 St Johns Coll
2	1835-69: letters (10) to Charles Babbage	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37189-99 passim
3	1837-63: letters (41) to Lord Brougham	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	BROUGHAM BL, HB	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4	1865-95: letters (10) to Edith Gigliucci	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS ADD 221	See Manuscript collections 1978
5	1859-85: letters (56) to Thomas Hirst	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	LMS	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
6	1845-92: corresp with Lord Kelvin	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
7	1875-96: letters (19) to Sir Alfred Kempe	West Sussex Record Office	KEMPE	NRA 17595
8	letters (16) to Sir Joseph Lockyer	University of Exeter Library (Special Collections)	MS 110	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
9	1856-90: letters (60) to WJC Miller etc	Columbia University Libraries: Rare Book and Manuscript Library		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
10	letters (14) to MG Mittag-Leffler	Makarna Mittag-Lefflers Matematiska Stiftelse (Mittag-Leffler Institute)		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
11	1877-91: letters (18) to S Newcomb	Library of Congress, Manuscript Division		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
12	1863-88: letters (12) to Sir George Stokes	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
13	letters (12) to John Tyndall	Royal Institution of Great Britain		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
14	1842-97: letters (107)	Brown University: John Hay Library		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982