WCP6057

Form letter (WCP6057.7007)

[1]1

THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON,

BURLINGTON HOUSE,

PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.1.

8 May 1936.

W. G. Wallace2 Esq[uire].,

16 Bryanstone Road,

Bournemouth.

Dear Sir,

I am directed to convey to you the thanks of the LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON3 for your present of the following: publication(s):—

EIGHT NOTEBOOKS WHICH BELONGED TO ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE

(Received through Sir Edward B. Poulton4, F.R.S.),

which has/have been received and deposited in the Society’s Library.

I am, | Yours faithfully, | R. G. Pugsley [signature]

For the Assistant Secretary.

1
The acknowledgement takes the form of typewritten entries on a proforma and signed in ink. The printed text is shown in italics in this transcript. The page is numbered [WP16/2/34] in pencil in the top RH corner.
2
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951) Electrical engineer, second son and third child of ARW.
3
Society founded in 1788 for the study and dissemination of taxonomy and natural history, and named in honour of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist.
4
Poulton, Edward Bagnall (1856-1943) British evolutionary biologist and Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford. He was a friend of ARW and lifelong advocate of natural selection.

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Revision history

Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-07-03] Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP6057,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 24 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6057