WCP6238

Letter (WCP6238.7221)

[1]1

CITY & GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE.

Technical College, Finsbury,

Leonard Street,

City Road,

London, E.C.

Nov[ember]. 7th 1913

My dear Wallace2:

The news that the inevitable end of earthly activities has come to your honoured father, leaves one with the sense of a great blank; the world is poorer now that his voice is forever hushed. But the world is so much richer for his life and work, that the sense of loss is for many of us overpowered by the thought of thankfulness that he lived, and that we were privileged to know and love him. Pray be assured of our deepest sympathies with you and yours.

Yours most sincerely | Silvanus P. Thompson3 [signature]

W[illia]m. G. Wallace Esq[uire].

[2]4

W. G. Wallace Esq[uire].

Old Orchard

Broadstone

(Dorset)

1
The page is numbered WP16/1/145 [1 of 2] in pencil in the top RH corner. The word "Ans[were]d." is written in ink across the top LH corner.
2
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951) Electrical engineer, second son and third child of ARW.
3
Thompson, Silvanus Phillips (1851-1916) Professor of Physics at the City & Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, London. He was known for his work as an electrical engineer and as an author.
4
Envelope numbered WP16/1/145 [2 of 2] in pencil at the top. It is postmarked "KILBURN. N.W. 12.15 AM NOV 8 [19]13". The word "Ans[were]d." is written in ink next to the name of the addressee.

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

Envelope (WCP6238.7222)

Envelope addressed to "W. G. Wallace, Esq, Old Orchard, Broadstone (Dorset)", with stamp, postmarked "KILBURN. N.W | 12. 15 AM | NOV 8 13". Note is written in front of envelope in W.G. Wallace's hand "Ansd"; "CITY & GUILDS OF LONDON | TECHNICAL COLLEGE FINSBURY" embossed on seal flap; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP6238.7222)]

Please cite as “WCP6238,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6238