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GB-110/JES/COR/12/55
Title
Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Samuel Goodenough
Letter date
13 Jan 1820
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/12/55 from Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Samuel Goodenough (13 January 1820)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/12/55 from Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Samuel Goodenough (13 January 1820) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Goodenough, Samuel
Summary:
The Edinburgh regius botany professorship is in the gift of [James Graham, 3rd] Duke of Montrose [(1755–1836)] and was given to [Robert] Graham [(1786-1845), professor of botany at Glasgow; doubts that it was offered to [Robert] Brown. Discusses the relationship between the university, the city, and magistrates of Edinburgh, who had proposed Brown. Smith only applied as a curiosity following an invitation of some professors and others. Feeling more and more indifferent about the Cambridge professorship.
Letter date:
13 Jan 1820
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
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