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GB-110/JES/COR/7/13
Title
Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
21 Oct 1814
Author(s)
Thomas Martyn 1735-1825
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/13 from Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to Sir James Edward Smith (21 October 1814)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/7/13 from Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to Sir James Edward Smith (21 October 1814) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Martyn, Thomas
Sent from:
Pertenhall, Bedfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Approves of Smith's plan to only apply for Walkerian lecturership at present and await opportunity of applying for professorship. Equates Smith's situation to hostility his father [John Martyn (1699-1768) Cambridge professor of botany 1732-1762] faced when applying for professorship.
Letter date:
21 Oct 1814
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.22
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
