Letter, from William Buckland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Oxford

Reference number: HS/4/323

Date: 26 June 1837

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending a copy of W. D. Conybeare's most recent publication; also his own Bridgewater treatise. Is grateful for his gift of luminous animals, which he has deposited in the College of Surgeons. Richard Owen has been giving the best lectures ever given. Dr. [William?] Smith is to exhibit his collection at Bulloch's museum. Is anxious to know what kind of fossil quadrupeds are to be found at the Cape.

Reference number: HS/4/323
Earliest possible date: 26 June 1837
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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William Buckland, Letter, from William Buckland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Oxford, 26 June 1837, HS/4/323, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_323/letter-from-william-buckland-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 13 January 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 4 Beckedorff-Bullan
1817-1871 Reference number: HS/4

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