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Date(s)
- 1835 Jul 31 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
25pp
Scope and content
Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London regarding the successful application of David Don (1799-1841) for the Chair of Botany, including testimonials from Francis Boott (1792-1863), physician and botanist; Robert Brown (1773-1858), botanist; Sir Robert Christison, first baronet (1797-1882), toxicologist and physician; Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1795-1867), chemist and botanist; Edward Forster, the younger (1765-1849), botanist; Robert Graham (1786-1845), physician and botanist; Robert Kaye Greville (1794-1866), botanist; John Stevens Henslow, (1796-1861), botanist and Church of England clergyman; Thomas Horsfield (1773-1859), physician and naturalist; John Lindley (1799-1865), botanist and horticulturist; Robert Jameson (1774-1854), geologist and natural historian; David Low (1786-1859), Professor of Agriculture at Edinburgh University; Archibald Menzies (1754-1842), naval surgeon and botanical collector; Thomas Stewart Traill (1781-1862), physician and specialist in medical jurisprudence.