WCP3692

Letter (WCP3692.3597)

[1]1

Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, Croydon

June 22nd 1879

Dear Sir2

I see in last "Nature" you refer to a paper by yourself in Proc[eedings]. of Liverpool Geol[ogical]. Soc[iety]. on "Geological Time"3. As I am greatly interested in this question4 I should be much obliged to you if you could spare me a copy of your paper.

I remain | Yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

T. Mellard Read [sic]5 Esq.

1
"TMRI.W.2.1", while handwritten, is printed instead of in ARW’s usual cursive script, indicating that this was likely a later annotation.
2
This particular letter is, as we shall see, addressed to Thomas Mellard Reade, CE, FGS (1832 — 1909). A geologist, architect, and civil engineer, Reade worked in Liverpool, presided over the Liverpool Geological Society for three separate sessions and published many works, making extensive study of the geology of Lancashire.
3
Reade’s 1876-6 Presidential Address for the Liverpool Geological Society was entitled "Geological Time", and was reprinted and augmented in the 1879 text Chemical Denudation in relation to Geological Time.
4
ARW himself wrote an article entitled "The Measurement of Geological Time", printed in Nature in February and March of 1870.
5
While ARW spells the surname "Read", we see that the correct spelling should include the final "e", as "Reade"

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3692.3597)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Clerx, William [2012-08-16] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15]

Please cite as “WCP3692,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3692