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GB-110/JES/COR/7/42
Title
George Peacock, Caius Lodge, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
11 Mar [1818]
Author(s)
George Peacock 1791-1858
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/42 from George Peacock, Caius Lodge, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire], to Sir James Edward Smith (11 March 1818)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Peacock, George
Sent from:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Hopes Smith will lecture whilst visiting Cambridge. Recommends Dr [Martin] Davy as advisor for Smith. Update on Trinity College members' inclinations: Mr Powell intends to run for professorship and although his knowledge of botany is slight, as a former fellow many other fellows have promised their votes to him, however junior fellows more inclined to vote for Smith. Confident that Powell shall not succeed.
Letter date:
11 Mar [1818]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.76
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. |
