Ref NoGSL/L/R/2/21
TitleLetter from John Stevens HENSLOW
Date28 Nov 1835
LevelItem
Extent1 letter
FormatDocument
DescriptionSecretary's In letters: from John Stevens HENSLOW, Cambridge. Re: Pleased to know that Charles Darwin's findings [from the Beagle] have been greeted with excitement, alongside Adam Sedgwick has been extracting details from Darwin's letters which he hopes to circulate more widely, 28 Nov 1835.
Administrative HistoryAdam Sedgwick had read extracts from Darwin's letters to Henslow at the OGM of 18 November 1835, see: "Geological notes made during a survey of the East and West Coasts of South America, in the years 1832, 1833, 1834 and 1835, with an account of a transverse section of the Cordilleras of the Andes between Valpraiso and Mendoza" by F Darwin [sic], 'Proceedings of the Geological Society', vol 2 (no.42), 1835.
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LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
CreatorNameHENSLOW | John Stevens | 1796-1861 | botanist and Church of England clergyman
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/338HENSLOW; John Stevens (1796-1861); botanist and Church of England clergyman1796-1861
DS/UK/40DARWIN; Charles Robert (1809-1882); naturalist and geologist1809-1882
DS/UK/31SEDGWICK; Adam (1785-1873); geologist1785-1873
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