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WCP2438

Letter (WCP2438.2328)

[1]1

THE ROYAL SOCIETY,

BURLINGTON HOUSE, LONDON, W.

6 Novr. 1890.

My dear Wallace

Accept my hearty congratulations on the award to you which has just been made by the Council of this Society of the first Darwin Medal.2 I am quite sure that all future recipients of this distinction will feel it the greater honour that on its being given away for the first time it was adjudged to you, and I am,

Yours very truly | Alfred Newton3 [signature]

1
In ARW’s handwriting, “Answd". The letter has not been found.
2
The Darwin Medal is one of the medals awarded by the Royal Society for "distinction in evolution, biological diversity and developmental, population and organismal biology"
3
Newton, Alfred (1829-1907). British zoologist and ornithologist. Founding member of the British Ornithologists' Union.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2438.2328)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lucas, Paula [2014-08-19] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-08-19] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2438,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2438