WCP1836

Letter (WCP1836.1726)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset.

Dec[embe]r. 30th. 1901

To the Committee of the Royal Literary Fund.1

Gentlemen

I beg leave to support the application of Mr. Charles Dixon2 for assistance from your Fund.

Having no personal knowledge of Mr. Dixon I am influenced solely by his literary and scientific merits as a life-long student of Natural History and a very instructive writer.

[2] His numerous works prove him to have been a close observer of nature, while he has especially devoted himself to the life-histories of our native birds, and to the elucidation of the difficult but very interesting problems connected with their nesting habits and their migratory instincts.

I need say no more in support of his application, which I trust will receive [3] your favorable consideration.

I am, Gentlemen, | Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

D. C. L. Oxon. F.R.S.

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1
The Royal Literary Fund is a charitable fund that helps British writers in financial difficulties.
2
Charles Dixon (1858-1926), English ornithologist.
3
On the fourth page there is no text except for an unknown handwritten symbol.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1836.1726)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Linden, Tess [2013-08-19] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-08-19]

Please cite as “WCP1836,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1836