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GB-110/JES/COR/18/104
Title
Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
18 Jan 1796
Author(s)
Thomas Jenkinson Woodward 1745-1820
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/18/104 from Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith (18 January 1796)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/18/104 from Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith (18 January 1796) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Sent from:
Bungay, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Encloses comments from [Samuel] Goodenough on [John] Lightfoot's 'Fucus' specimens, showing that Lightfoot's work on this genus was "almost always guesswork". Expects a battle with Goodenough over 'Fucus repens' and its right to be called a species; observations. [John] Stackhouse's "accuracy & industry" in investigating marine plants, in reference to 'F. repens'. Long character description and observations on 'F. repens'.
Letter date:
18 Jan 1796
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
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