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WCP4155

Letter (WCP4155.4176)

[1]1

21, John Street,

Bedford Row, W.C.

June 25/83

My dear Dr. Davis,2

If you are disengaged next Wednesday evening I should be glad if you could drop on between 8 & 9 as I expect my friend Mr. Wallace to be here. As you are no doubt aware he is the co-discoverer with Darwin3 of the theory of Natural Selection as applied to explain the evolution of animals & plants & as he is one of our greatest naturalists you may perhaps like to meet him & have a talk with him. I have asked Dr. Asher.4

With kind regards to Mrs Davis & family | very truly yours | R. Meldola.5[signature]

1
In unknown handwriting, “Prof: Meldola F.R.S Pres. Entomological Soc. 1896.
2
Davis has not been identified.
3
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882). British naturalist, geologist and author, notably of On the Origin of Species (1859).
4
Asher has not been identified.
5
Meldola, Raphael (1849-1915). British chemist and entomologist.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4155.4176)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2015-01-20] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-01-20] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4155,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4155