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WCP2125

Letter (WCP2125.2015)

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FORM 148. 4-11-5M

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

BOULDER COLORADO

JAMES H. BAKER, A. M., LL. D.

PRESIDENT

Dec. 20 1911.

Dear Mrs. Wallace1

In my lectures on Biology, I always give an outline on the history of the Theory of Evolution, and this year the class took more than usual interest in the [illeg.] subject (it is the best class we have ever had), and especially in Dr. Wallace’s part in the matter. They have taken the liberty of sending to Dr. Wallace a paper (mailed today, but being registered, it will probably arrive a little later than this letter) expressing their admiration of his work and wishing him health & happiness on the occasion of his 89th birthday.

Dr. Wallace will of course receive a great many letters of congratulations, and will not be able to reply to them. If however, he should feel able to write a few words to our young people, they would greatly appreciate it, and the letter would be preserved here to show to each class in the years to come. Do not however suggest this to him unless he is feeling well, and would not find it a trouble. With every good wish to you all for the New Year.

Yours vy sincerely | Theo. D. A. Cockerell2 [signature]

1
. Wallace (née Mitten), Annie (1846-1914). British. Wife of ARW; daughter of William Mitten.
2
Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison (1866-1948). Brother of Sydney Carlyle Cockerell. British-born American zoologist, taxonomist, and museum curator. ARW referred him as the 'Slugophilite'.

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Transcribed by Moore, Alexander [2018-08-15]

Please cite as “WCP2125,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2125