From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Dr Thomas Anderson
Date:
18 May 1864
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.73-74, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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A letter to Miels Berkeley from Joseph Hooker thanking him for information about G. Baker and mentioning that they had recently been to see Dr John Paget for a diagnosis.
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JDH writes to inform his uncle [Reverend John Gunn] that H. Christy will send him a set of [geological] specimens from the Dordogne cave, which illustrate the strata where relics of man are found. They will be sent through Falconer. JDH wishes to show Gunn some of his Wedgwood pottery: a plaque by John Flaxman showing Achilles & Hector at Troy, a medallion of Mitten & Erasmus by Goldsmith, & one of the Prince & Princess of Wales along with 40 other portraits. In a note added under the signature he adds that Grove has told him about flint implements found in a cave at Bethlehem.
JDH thanks his Uncle, Reverend John Gunn, for a copy of his work: GEOLOGY OF NORFOLK. JDH sends Gunn Sir Edward Frankland's hypothesis on the glacial epoch. [Leonard] Horner is 80 & dying. JDH saw [Charles] Lyell, who was in shock about the bone caves in Borneo. Mentions subscriptions in support of Bishop [John William] Colenso. JDH's Father William Jackson Hooker is well. JDH is going to [Sir Joseph] Prestwitch's lecture on flint implements. Asks when Gunn is coming to London, suggests he attends upcoming Royal Society parties. Discusses: latest additions to his own & Francis 'Frank' Darwin's collections of Wedgewood pottery; a medallion of William Gifford 'Giffy' Palgrave made by [Thomas] Woolner; & [Sir Roderick Impey] Murchison's butter boats.
JDH writes to his uncle, Reverend John Gunn, regarding recently published pamphlets on geology. Papers mentioned are written by: Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, John Tyndall & Charles Lyell [CL], plus a note by Hugh Falconer [HF] in ANNALS OF NATURAL HISTORY. JDH does not agree with HF's overzealous critique of a mistake by CL. Comments on the character of HF: a Scotsman JDH knows from India. JDH thinks the geology of the Suffolk valleys should be examined, suspects they are tidal not fluvial. JDH will send birds to Mr Smythe when Gunn provides the address.
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References ARW's letter to Darwin of 2 Jan 1864 about Herbert Spencer.
Darwin remarks on his recommending ARW as a candidate for the Royal Society of London's Royal Medal.
Regarding Darwin suggestion to nominate ARW for The Royal Society's Gold Medal.
Darwin suggests that a Royal Medal might be bestowed on ARW before too long.
Praises ARW.