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GB-110/JES/COR/26/76
Title
James Yates, Birmingham, [Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
4 Aug 1821
Author(s)
James Yates 1789-1871
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/26/76 from James Yates, Birmingham, [Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (4 August 1821)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/26/76 from James Yates, Birmingham, [Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (4 August 1821) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Yates, James
Sent from:
Birmingham, Warwickshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks for copy of Smith's "Grammar of Botany"; thinks all the "cultivators of the study of plants in this country [are] under obligations to [Smith] for treating in so clear, candid, and interesting a manner this very interesting view of the subject"; thinks Smith right in maintaining the importance Linnaean artificial system and to adhere to it until classification according to the natural orders is more matured. Also praises Smith's treatment of Linnaeus in supplement to "Encyclopedia Britannica".
Intends to visit Smith in the summer.
Letter date:
4 Aug 1821
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
26.137
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1821). "A grammar of botany, illustrative of artificial, as well as natural, classification, with an explanation of Jussieu's system." London: Longman. |
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 7 [Aug 1821] |
