WCP6221

Letter (WCP6221.7199)

[1]1

WYKEHAM HOUSE.

OXFORD POST & TELEGR[APH].

24 / IX / 1935.

Dear Mr. Wallace2,

I am sending this little article from the [sic] Times3, which was a great effort to write & compress such a story into that brief space. We had a most interesting time at the Norwich Brit[ish]. Ass[ociatio]n4. — a party of 10, including son & daughter-in-law, daughter, 4 grandsons & a niece. Norwich, which was new to us, is a lovely place with [2]5 beautiful buildings — also in the country.

Hoping that Y yours are all flourishing & with kindest of regards,

Yours sincerely | E. B. Poulton6 [signature]

1
The page is numbered WP16/1/128 [1 of 2] in pencil in the top LH corner.
2
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951) Electrical engineer, second son and third child of ARW.
3
A British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register and became The Times on 1 January 1788.
4
The British Association for the Advancement of Science (founded 1831) is a learned society promoting science, directing general attention to scientific matters and facilitating interaction between scientific workers. The 105th Annual Meeting in1935 was held in Norwich, cathedral city and county town of Norfolk.
5
The words "Ack[nowledge]d Sep[tember] 28 1935" are written in ink in the hand of the recipient at the foot of the page.
6
Poulton, Edward Bagnall (1856-1943) British evolutionary biologist, friend of ARW and lifelong advocate of natural selection. He did pioneering work on warning or protective colouration in animals and became Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford in 1893.

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15]

Please cite as “WCP6221,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 24 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6221