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GB-110/JES/COR/20/102
Title
William Bingley, Christchurch, Hampshire, to James Edward Smith
Letter date
2 Nov 1813
Author(s)
William Bingley 1774-1823
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/20/102 from William Bingley, Christchurch, Hampshire, to James Edward Smith (2 November 1813)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/20/102 from William Bingley, Christchurch, Hampshire, to James Edward Smith (2 November 1813) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Bingley, William
Sent from:
Christchurch, Hampshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Has already been promoting Smith's candidature at Cambridge [for botany professorship]. Election at the British Museum [for position of Assistant Keeper of Natural History] has not yet taken place; understands that Sir Joseph Banks is the "real mover" behind the decision and asks for Smith to intercede for him and argue that his "Animal Biography" should not be used to judge his talents, rather his "British Quadrupeds" should be used [Bingley was ultimately unsuccessful and William Elford Leach was appointed].
Letter date:
2 Nov 1813
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
20.168
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Bingley, W, (1813). "Animal biography, or popular zoology; comprising authentic anecdotes of economy, habits of life, instincts, and sagacity, of the animal creation... Fourth edition, with addition of more than one hundred and forty species." London: Rivington. Bingley, W, (1809). "Memoirs of British quadrupeds ... arranged according to the system of Linnaeus." London: Darton. |
| 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. |
