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HENSLOW-471

From:
Lyon Playfair
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
7 February 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 263
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9956

From:
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Apr 1875
Source of text:
DAR 174: 48
Summary:

Supports the Vivisection Bill, with a more humanitarian preamble. Working to get it through the House of Lords.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9987

From:
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 May 1875
Source of text:
DAR 174: 49
Summary:

The Government has decided to hold a Royal Commission on vivisection with Lord Cardwell as chairman.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9996

From:
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 May 1875
Source of text:
DAR 174: 50
Summary:

The Vivisection Bill was defeated because it was repudiated by one of its own fathers: J. S. Burdon Sanderson.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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