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From J. D. Hooker and Charles Lyell to the Linnean Society   30 June 1858

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Communicate papers by CD and A. R. Wallace on "The Laws which affect the Production of Varieties, Races, and Species". Explain that CD and Wallace have, independently and unknown to each other, arrived at the same theory to account for the appearance and perpetuation of specific forms, and that neither has yet published, although CD first sketched his theory in 1839. Give their reasons for arranging the joint presentation.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker; Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Addressee:  Linnean Society
Date:  30 June 1858
Classmark:  Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 3 (1859): 45–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2299

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  • … Hooker, J. D. Lyell, Charles Linnean Society …
  • … From J.  D. Hooker and Charles Lyell to the Linnean Society    30 June 1858 …
  • … 3 (1859): 45–6 Joseph Dalton Hooker Charles Lyell, 1st baronet London 30 June 1858 Linnean …
  • … to be yours very obediently, | Charles Lyell. | Jos. D.Hooker. J.  J. Bennett, Esq. , | …
  • … contents afterwards communicated to Sir Charles Lyell. The first Part is devoted to “The …
  • … that it should be forwarded to Sir Charles Lyell, if Mr. Darwin thought it sufficiently …
  • … that he proposed, in a letter to Sir Charles Lyell, to obtain Mr. Wallace’s consent to …
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Darwin in Conversation exhibition

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Meet Charles Darwin as you have never met him before. Come to our exhibition at Cambridge University Library, running from 9 July to 3 December 2022, and discover a fascinating series of interwoven conversations with Darwin's many hundreds of…

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  • … 9 July – 3 December 2022 Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University …