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GB-110/JES/COR/7/44
Title
Martin Davy, Caius Lodge, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, London
Letter date
3 May 1818
Author(s)
Martin Davy 1763-1839
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/44 from Martin Davy, Caius Lodge, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, London (3 May 1818)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/7/44 from Martin Davy, Caius Lodge, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Chapel Place, Cavendish Square, London (3 May 1818) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Davy, Martin
Sent from:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Believes all hope of future success destroyed [with Smith being turned down for professorship], fears it will reflect badly on the university. Asks Smith to recommend Sedgewick to Sir Joseph [Banks] as best candidate for the professorship.
Letter date:
3 May 1818
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.8
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 13 May [1818] |
| 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. |
