William Lort Mansel, Trinity Lodge, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire], to Sir James Edward Smith

Summary

Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Sorry to hear of the measures the tutors have taken against Smith's proposed lectures. [Several tutors signed a paper addressed to the Vice-Chancellor stating that pupils should not be permitted to attend lectures given by a lecturer who was neither a member of the university nor of the Church of the England].

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN3092

From

William Lort Mansel

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

6 Apr 1818

Sent from

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/7/43, The Linnean Society of London

Language

English

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.