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Darwin Correspondence Project

John Downes

1810/11–90

Clergyman. BA, Cambridge (Christ’s College), 1833. Curate of Horton with Piddington, Northamptonshire, 1834-63; rector of Hannington, Northamptonshire, 1866-90. FLS, 1832.

Sources

Alum. Cantab.

Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1738/216/26)

List of the Linnean Society of London

Bibliography

Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.

List of the Linnean Society of London. London: [Linnean Society of London]. 1805–1939.

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