Robert Briscoe Owen, 5 Cecil Street, Strand, London, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/24/47
Title Robert Briscoe Owen, 5 Cecil Street, Strand, London, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 4 Feb 1824
Author(s) Robert Briscoe Owen 1800-1883
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/24/47 from Robert Briscoe Owen, 5 Cecil Street, Strand, London, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (4 February 1824)

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Item Type: Document
From: Owen, Robert Briscoe
Sent from: London
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

His campaign to be elected FLS: first attempt failed after certificate was signed by two FLS and an ALS, Dr Andrew Duneau; postponed trying again until gaining his medical degree, which having done so he was proposed by [Archibald] Menzies. Thanks for Smith's letters; he is soon to sail for Bombay.

Letter date: 4 Feb 1824
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 24.77
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Note typeNote
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.