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WCP1544

Letter (WCP1544.1323)

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TELEGRAMS:– “ROYAL SOCIETY, LONDON”

TELEPHONE (POST OFFICE)

“MAYFAIR No. 905.”

Private

Burlington House

London, W.

29th. October 1908

Dear Dr. Wallace

I have the great pleasure of informing you that the Council of the Royal Society at its meeting today unanimously decided to award the Copley medal to you. I hope you will accept this — the highest honour in the gift of the Society — as a hearty, if somewhat tardy, recognition of your long and [2] distinguished services in the cause of science.

We can hardly hope that at the inclement season at the end of November you will be able to attend the Anniversary to receive the medal in person, though I need not say what a great pleasure it would be to the Society if you found it possible to be present. When the time [3] approaches perhaps you will kindly indicate the name of some Fellow of the Society who would receive the Medal for you should you be unable to attend. (Poulton)1,2

Believe me with my very sincere congratulations

Yours very truly | Arch: Geikie3 [signature]

1
This was written vertically up the right hand margin.
2
Poulton, Edward Bagnall (1856-1943). British Entomologist. Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College.
3
Geikie, Archibald (1835-1924). British geologist and historian.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1544.1323)]

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-05-07] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-05-07] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP1544,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1544