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GB-110/JES/COR/26/28
Title
W Turner, Dorchester, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, at Dawson Turner's, Bank, Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
Letter date
4 Sep 1808
Author(s)
S W Turner 1807-1809
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/26/28 from W Turner, Dorchester, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, at Dawson Turner's, Bank, Yarmouth, [Norfolk] (4 September 1808)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/26/28 from W Turner, Dorchester, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, at Dawson Turner's, Bank, Yarmouth, [Norfolk] (4 September 1808) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Turner, S W
Sent from:
Dorchester, Dorset
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Yarmouth, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks for parcel of plants, his joy at receiving "this treasure" from Smith, whom he considers his "teacher in botany". Account of his botanical education, which began with Smith's "Compendium florae Britannicae" when studying in Germany.
Enquires after protocol for sending papers to the Linnean Society. Discusses German botanical authors and their publications, including [Johann Friedrich] Blumenbach, [Albrecht Wilhelm] Roth, and [Friedrich Wilhelm von] Leysser; botanised with the latter. Hopes Smith received and enjoyed the medical paper he sent.
Letter date:
4 Sep 1808
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
26.54
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Hoffmann, G F, (1800). "Compendium florae Britannicae." Londinum: [printer:] Davis. |
| 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. |
