From:
Thomas Martyn
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
25 Apr 1818
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/7/22, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Has found a manuscript copy of Dr [Richard] Walker's [(1679-1764) founder of Cambridge Botanic Garden] donation confirming that the Walkerian lectureship can be granted to a foreigner.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London