Eberhard August Zimmermann, Brunswick, [Brunswick-Lüneburg], to James Edward Smith

Summary

Thanks for election as FMLS. Sending copies of [Anton August Heinrich] Lichtenstein's [(1753-1816), German zoologist] "Commentatio philologica de Simiarum", one if for Dr George Shaw [(1751-1813), botanist and zoologist]. Translation of [William] Smellie's [(1740-1795)] "Philosophy of Natural History" he is supervising is almost complete, does not understand how Smellie undertook the work without understanding more modern languages as a considerable portion of new discoveries would not have been accessible to him.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN472

From

Eberhard August Wilhelm Zimmermann

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

16 Jul 1791

Sent from

Brunswick, Brunswick-Lüneburg

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/10/113, 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.

• Eberhard August Wilhelm Zimmermann
• Sir James Edward Smith