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From:
Henry Holland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
7 January [1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.439
Summary:

Delayed answering JH's letter until HH could find details of works by 'Göttingen Professor,' but has had difficulty in locating them. Any treatise connecting epidemics with fungous origins would be of interest. Will bring distressing medical case to attention of one of HH's committees. HH's Medical Notes and Reflections, 3rd edition (1855).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Holland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
9 February [1850]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.438
Summary:

Marriage of HH's eldest daughter. Thanks for JH's letter of introduction to George Bishop and J. R. Hind.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Holland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
14 February [1850]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Thanks for congratulations on marriage of HH's daughter. Notes HH's review of J. C. Prichard's Natural History of Man in December issue of Quarterly Review, written while on holiday in Armenia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Henry Holland
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1856 or after
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Henry Holland
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1858 or later]-4-23
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.440
Summary:

Comments on JH's paper on Sensorial Vision (1858). Covered some of this ground in HH's own book, Mental Physiology (1852).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Holland, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Dec [1859]
Source of text:
DAR 47: 148–9
Summary:

Comments on the Origin. Outlines difficulties he finds in CD’s theory. Believes CD must define natural selection more accurately and mentions instances in which that principle is an insufficient cause to account for the form of certain structures.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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