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GB-110/JES/COR/6/5
Title
William Kirby, Barham, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, [London]
Letter date
14 May 1792
Author(s)
William Kirby 1759-1850
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/5 from William Kirby, Barham, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, [London] (14 May 1792)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/6/5 from William Kirby, Barham, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, [London] (14 May 1792) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Kirby, William
Sent from:
Barham, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks for Smith's assistance with 'Hirudines' paper, including [George] Shaw's observations, queries Shaw's suggestion that his [Kirby's] 'Hirudo crenata' is the juvenile 'Hirudo geometra' of Linnaeus. Planning to compare his living species with Gmelin's descriptions. His work limited by lack of natural history books.
Letter date:
14 May 1792
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.7
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Kirby, W, and Shaw, G, 'Descriptions of three New Species of Hirudo', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1794 2(1), pp.316-320. |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
