From:
Robert Briscoe Owen
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
4 Feb 1824
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/24/47, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
His campaign to be elected FLS: first attempt failed after certificate was signed by two FLS and an ALS, Dr Andrew Duneau; postponed trying again until gaining his medical degree, which having done so he was proposed by [Archibald] Menzies. Thanks for Smith's letters; he is soon to sail for Bombay.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London