James Edward Smith, London, to William Roscoe, Allerton Hall, near Liverpool, [Lancashire]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/17/92
Title James Edward Smith, London, to William Roscoe, Allerton Hall, near Liverpool, [Lancashire]
Letter date 5 Jul 1814
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/17/92 from James Edward Smith, London, to William Roscoe, Allerton Hall, near Liverpool, [Lancashire] (5 July 1814)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: London
To: Roscoe, William
Sent to location: Liverpool, Lancashire
Summary:

Responds to Roscoe's letter [of 27 June 1814]. Certain his campaign [for Cambride botany professorship] will not be affected by his not being a member of the University; lists previous examples. Hopes to be knighted at the next levée and enter Cambridge after the vacation; has ensured the knighthood is to be given him as president of Linnean Society. He could claim an MA degree in two years but "scientifically" values his Leyden degree more, and only wants the professorship on basis that he is best to fill it. Does not think any alterations to Roscoe's paper are needed, and that Lord [Edward Smith-]Stanley's plants should remain for others to judge. Fears [William] Roxburgh is dying at Chelsea.

Letter date: 5 Jul 1814
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 17.185
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Related MaterialFor Roscoe's letter of 27 June 1814, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/17/91. Roscoe, W, 'Remarks on Dr. Roxburgh's Description of the Monandrous Plants of India; in a Letter to the President', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1816 11(2), pp.270-282.
Finding AidsDawson, 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.