Correspondence. 1870-1873.

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Correspondence. 1870-1873.

Twenty-five A.L.S. to Hooker from various correspondents including Balfour, Bentham, Carruthers, Farr, Gray, Miller, Percy, Prestwich, Ramsay, Rawlinson, Sclater, and Sharpey.

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Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke, Sir, 1810-1895

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English Orientalist and Anglo-Indian official. From the description of I bid adieu to this retreat : autograph untitled poem signed : [Ealing, 1826]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616350 ...

Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884

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Edinburgh bookseller. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to William Strahan in London, 1780 July 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622258 ...

Miller, W. H. (William Hallows), 1801-1880

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Commissioner of the Revenue. From the description of Letter to Albert Gallatin, 1801 August 13. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49334670 ...

Carruthers, William, 1830-1922

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Bentham, George, 1800-1884

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English botanist; nephew of Jeremy Bentham, 1748-1832 From the guide to the George Bentham letter to Asa Gray, ., (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Epithet: Captain; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x000263 ...

Percy, John, 1817-1889

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Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Sir, 1817-1911

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Sir Joseph D. Hooker (1817-1911), botanist, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, England. From the description of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker collection, 1828-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477374 English botanist and traveler. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London] Mar. 25 1878, to an unidentified recipient at the Daily Telegraph, 1878 Mar. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666429 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was...

Ramsay, A. C. (Andrew Crombie), 1814-1891

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Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875

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John Edward Gray was an English naturalist and was the Keeper of the Zoological Department at the British Museum of Natural History for many years. From the description of Papers, 1783-1884. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523596 John Edward Gray (1800-1875) was an English naturalist and the Keeper of the Zoological Department at the British Museum of Natural History from 1840 until 1874. He endeavored to make the British Museum’...

Farr, William, 1807-1883

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William Farr, 1807-1883, was born in Kenley, Shropshire. At the age of two, he was effectively adopted by a local squire, Joseph Pryce, who paid for Farr's education. From 1826 to 1828, Farr worked as a dresser in the infirmary at Shrewsbury and studied medicine with a doctor there. On Pryce's death in 1828, Farr received a legacy that enabled him to pursue his studies in Paris and Switzerland. In 1831, Farr returned to Shrewsbury to work as an unqualified locum before studying at University Col...

Prestwich, Joseph, 1812-1896

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Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913

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Epithet: FRS, Sec Zoological Society of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0001eb ...

Sharpey, William, 1802-1880

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The album contains many letters from European scientists concerning details of business with the Royal Society. From the description of Album of eminent scientists, surgeons, etc. [1856-1872]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 431464647 Epithet: Secretary, Royal Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000065 Epithet: MD, FRS; of Add MS 37198 British Library Archive...

Dibner, Bern.

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