From:
Thomas Martyn
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
21 Oct 1814
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/7/13, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Approves of Smith's plan to only apply for Walkerian lecturership at present and await opportunity of applying for professorship. Equates Smith's situation to hostility his father [John Martyn (1699-1768) Cambridge professor of botany 1732-1762] faced when applying for professorship.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London