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GB-110/JES/COR/7/23
Title
Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
5 Mar 1819
Author(s)
Thomas Martyn 1735-1825
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/23 from Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (5 March 1819)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/7/23 from Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (5 March 1819) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Martyn, Thomas
Sent from:
Pertenhall, Bedfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. [James Henry] Monk's [(1784-1856) Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge] attack on Smith in "Quarterly Review". Believes Smith will never carry the professorship or lectureship, due in part to changing circumstances in professorships at Sidney Sussex College. Observes he and Sir Joseph Banks were negligent in supporting James Donn [(1758-1813)] and [Arthur] Biggs [(1765-1848)] for curatorship of Botanic Garden without fully knowing their religious persuasions.
Letter date:
5 Mar 1819
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.41
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. |
