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WCP7286

Postcard (WCP7286.8491)

[1]

WYKEHAM HOUSE,

OXFORD.

15 July 1936.

Many thanks for your letter.1 The Council has no doubt thanked Mr. Wallace2for the gift of his father’s3 M.S. books.4 He had, when he first lent them to me many years ago, [illeg.] said that he wished them ultimately to go to the Linn. Soc. His address, which has recently been changed, is – W. G. Wallace – 16 Bryanstone Rd., Bournemouth. [2] I had no time to study the books as I wished but I saw enough to know that they are most valuable as accessary to A. R. Wallace’s book on the Malay Archipelago. Excuse the hasty p.c.5| E. B. Poulton.6 [signature]

1
See letter from Savage to Poulton <WCP7285>
2
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951). Son of ARW. Married Elizabeth Carr Whittle (1888-1976) on 29 September 1919 and had three children: Elizabeth Anne (25 December 1920 - 3 January 1921), Alfred John Russel Wallace (6 March 1922 - 9 February 2017).
3
Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913). British naturalist, scientist, explorer, author, social campaigner, and humanitarian.
4
Field Notebooks 2-5 (WCP5799, WCP4766, WCP5800, and WCP4767), and Travel Journal, Parts 1-4 (WCP5795, WCP5796, WCP5797 and WCP5798). WCP4766 and WCP4767 are now in the Natural History Museum, London.
5
Address on postcard in Poulton’s handwriting, “The Assistant Secretary | Linnean Society of London | Burlington House | London, W.”
6
Poulton, Edward Bagnall (1856-1943). British Entomologist. Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Chua, Christine [2025-01-07]

Please cite as “WCP7286,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP7286