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DCP-LETT-2206

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
24 Jan [1857]
Source of text:
The Royal Society (MC17: 336)
Summary:

Feels unqualified to offer advice on research by the expedition; he has never attended to natural history of the region. Suggests collecting Carboniferous plants and studying the geographical extension of sea-borne erratic boulders.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

RS-MM-001469

From:
William Sharpey
To:
John Joseph Bennett
Date:
30 January 1857
Source of text:
MM/19/66, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001476

From:
William Sharpey
To:
Thomas Bell
Date:
4 February 1857
Source of text:
MM/19/75, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

DCP-LETT-2073F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
9 Apr [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 249: 128 (photocopy)
Summary:

Recommendations of books of general interest [for the Royal Society library]. These include [Louis] Agassiz’s works, [William] McGillivray’s [History of] British birds, and David Low’s [On the domesticated animals of the British Islands].

Comments on current candidates for the Royal Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2093F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
22 May [1857]
Source of text:
D. and E. Lake Ltd (dealers) (June 2016)
Summary:

Agrees with Thomas Henry Huxley that Albany Hancock has a good claim on a Royal Society medal. Thinks that geology has not been sufficiently honoured by the Royal Society, and suggests Joseph Prestwich. Expresses his strong opinion that Charles Lyell would be a worthy recipient of the Copley Medal.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2100

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
2 June [1857]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Lowell Autograph File 84)
Summary:

Supports nomination of John Lindley for award of Royal Medal of the Royal Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

RS-MM-001418

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
11 August 1857
Source of text:
MM/19/15, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001468

From:
William Sharpey
To:
John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley
Date:
4 October 1857
Source of text:
MM/19/65, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001419

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
1 January 1858
Source of text:
MM/19/16, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001420

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
4 January 1858
Source of text:
MM/19/17, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel14316

From:
William Sharpey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 January 1858]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0479; Reel 1093
Summary:

On 10 Dec., JH, George Peacock, and William Whewell were named to R.S.L. committee to cooperate with B.A.A.S. for purpose of continuing observations of terrestrial magnetism.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000031

From:
William Sharpey
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
18 June 1858
Source of text:
MM/1/49, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001421

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
1 March 1859
Source of text:
MM/19/18, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001422

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
26 April 1859
Source of text:
MM/19/19, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001423

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
27 April 1859
Source of text:
MM/19/20, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000947

From:
William Sharpey
To:
W White
Date:
c.1860s
Source of text:
MM/14/223, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001424

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
22 July 1860
Source of text:
MM/19/21, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001475

From:
William Sharpey
To:
William Hallowes Miller
Date:
1 October 1860
Source of text:
MM/19/74, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001425

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
15 October 1860
Source of text:
MM/19/22, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001426

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
William Sharpey
Date:
20 October [1860]
Source of text:
MM/19/23, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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