Excerpt from William Whewell, D.D, Vol. 1: Master of Trinity College, Cambridge; An Account of His Writings With Selections From His Literary and Scientific Correspondence In October, 1872, I was requested to undertake the work by Dr Whewell's nearest surviving relative, through the Bishop of Carlisle, and I accepted the honourable though difficult task. The correspondence and literary remains were to be placed at my disposal, and a short memoir of Dr Whewell's life was to be drawn up by a member of his family. It was afterwards suggested that a part of the work should be devoted to the College and University career of Dr Whewell. Two members of Trinity College, to whom this was successively entrusted, were unable to carry it on; but it has been recently arranged that this part shall find a place in the forthcoming memoir of Dr Whewell's life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.