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From:
James Murie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 171: 321
Summary:

Thanks for Descent.

He is "driven" from his post.

He has homologised the face muscles of cetaceans and man. Although the former do not show expression, the nose and upper lip muscles are highly developed.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Murie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Mar 1872
Source of text:
DAR 171: 322
Summary:

Requests letter recommending him for the Chair of General and Comparative Physiology at the Royal Veterinary College.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Murie
Date:
2 Apr 1872
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (Murie Papers 281)
Summary:

Testimonial letter. JM would be well fitted for the Chair of General and Comparative Physiology of the Royal Veterinary College.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
James Murie
Date:
4 April 1872
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London: MS/93c 625
Summary:

Letter of support for Murie's application for the post of Professor of General & Comparative Anatomy to the Royal Veterinary College.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project