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GB-110/JES/ADD/107
Title
Petrus Camper, The Hague, [Netherlands], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London [copy]
Letter date
[22 Jun 1788]
Author(s)
Petrus [Camper 1722-1789
Number of Pages
9
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GB-110/JES/ADD/107 from Petrus Camper, The Hague, [Netherlands], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London [copy] (22 June 1788)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/ADD/107 from Petrus Camper, The Hague, [Netherlands], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London [copy] (22 June 1788) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Camper, Petrus
Sent from:
The Hague, Netherlands
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
[Camper's letter to Smith of 22 June 1788] Refuses invitation to become an Honorary Fellow of the Linnean Society as he looks upon Linnaeus "as a mere Catalogist, and the most superficial Naturalist" he ever knew. Further criticism of Linnaeus; suggests alternative names for the Society.
[Smith's reply to Camper, London, 21 July 1788] Disappointed by Camper's rejection of the Honorary Fellowship and his opinion of Linnaeus, especially as Camper edited some of Linnaeus' works. Explains reasons behind Linnean Society's name.
Letter date:
[22 Jun 1788]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
14
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Linnaeus, C, and Camper, P (ed.), (1749). "Amoenitates academicae; seu dissertationes variae physicae, medicae, botanicae antehac seorsim editae nunc collectae et auctae [by Peter Camper]cum tabulis aeneis. Accedit Hypothesis nova de febrium intermittentium causa. Volumen primum." Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Cornelium Haak. |
| Finding Aids | Hutt, C M, "List of additional correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith" Linnean Society. |
| Additional | Pencil note at end signed "D.T.", presumably Dawson Turner, states the letters were found in Smith's papers following his death and presented by his widow, Pleasance Smith. |
