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GB-110/JES/ADD/73
Title
Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
16 Nov 1821
Author(s)
Thomas Martyn 1735-1825
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/ADD/73 from Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (16 November 1821)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Martyn, Thomas
Sent from:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Has been reading Smith's "Selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus", which shows "how dead Botany was in England to the middle of the last century". Believes the Linnaean system was not publicly known in England until 1762, when Hope taught it at Edinburgh and himself at Cambridge, and [William] Hudson published "Flora Anglica".
Informs Smith he has repeated his offer of resigning the Walkerian Lectureship, without having anyone in view, but assuming that Smith has now finished with Cambridge.
Letter date:
16 Nov 1821
Languages:
English
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 6 Dec [1821] |
| Related Material | Rousseau, J, Martyn, T, (1794). "Letters on the elements of botany ... by ... J.J. Rousseau; translated into English with notes, and ... letters, fully explaining the system of Linnaeus, by Thomas Martyn." London: B. & J. White, 4th ed. Linnaeus, C, and Smith, J E (ed.), (1821). "A selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus and other naturalists, from the original manuscripts." London: Longman &c. Hudson, W, (1762). "Flora Anglica, exhibens plantas per regnum Angliae sponte crescentes..." Londinum: [privately]. |
