Edmund Henry Barker, Thetford, [Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/2/4
Title Edmund Henry Barker, Thetford, [Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 30 Mar 1824
Author(s) Edmund Henry Barker 1788-1839
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/2/4 from Edmund Henry Barker, Thetford, [Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (30 March 1824)

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Item Type: Document
From: Barker, Edmund Henry
Sent from: Thetford, Norfolk
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Sending a pamphlet. Engaged with W K Brown in promoting a subscription and a Committee in Norfolk for Greek independence, has succeeded in forming a Committee in Suffolk. Comments on varying levels of support received from political figures including [Sir John] Gladstone and [George] Canning. A controversy at Cambridge University between Heads of the Senate and Dr French and Professor Sedgwick. Asks whether an identification as to the language of the foreign words in the appendix to Dioscorides has been made. Remarks on [Johann Gottlob] Schneider's translation of Theophrastus and other works. Working on a translation of Schneider's Greek and German dictionary. Notes Samuel Parr's 77th birthday.

Letter date: 30 Mar 1824
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 2.7
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, 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.