Ɛpsilon

WCP3265

Letter (WCP3265.3233)

[1]

FROM

COL. SIR DAVID BRUCE, C.B., F.R.S.,

MEMBER ADVISORY BOARD, A.M.S.

Colonel Sir David Bruce, A.M.S.

DIRECTOR,

Sleeping Sickness Commission

ROYAL SOCIETY,

LONDON.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE,

MILLBANK, S. W.

Mpumu, Chagwe, Uganda.

14th December, 1908.

Dear Mr. Wallace,

Heartiest congratulations. From one whose first text-book on zoology was your "Malay Archipelago."1

Yours very truly, | David Bruce2 [signature]

Alfred Russel Wallace, Esqre., O.M, LL.D, F.R.S., etc.

1
Wallace, A. R. 1869. The Malay Archipelago: The land of the orang-utan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. London: Macmillan and Co. Two volumes.
2
Bruce, David (1855-1931). Australian born, British bacteriologist and parasitologist.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3265.3233)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2014-11-11] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-11-11] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3265,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3265