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GB-110/JES/ADD/47
Title
Thomas Andrew Knight, Downton, [Wiltshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire]
Letter date
21 Mar 1818
Author(s)
Thomas Andrew Knight 1759-1838
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/ADD/47 from Thomas Andrew Knight, Downton, [Wiltshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire] (21 March 1818)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Knight, Thomas Andrew
Sent from:
Downton, Wiltshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Summary:
Accepts [Patrick] Keith's [(1769-1840)] apology regarding his "Linnean Transactions" paper, though believes Keith took unnecessary trouble to generate "feelings of hostility", and comments on Keith's attempt at justification in his book ["A system of physiological botany" (1816)], in which he blames a "confusion of language". Asks that an explanation be given in the next volume of "Linnean Transactions".
Letter date:
21 Mar 1818
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
68
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Finding Aids | Hutt, C M, "List of additional correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith" Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | For further on dispute between Knight and Keith, see letter from Goodenough to Smith of 24 May 1816, JES/COR/12/23; letter from Knight to Smith of 12 June 1816, JES/COR/16/104; letter from Knight to Smith of 16 July 1817, JES/ADD/52; and letter from Smith to Macleay of 4 April 1818, JES/AM/140. Keith, P, 'Of the Developement of the seminal Germ', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1816 11(2), pp.252-269. Keith, P, (1816). "A system of physiological botany ..." London: Baldwin. |
