To John Russell [10 March 1847]
Summary
Memorial presented by members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and other scientific societies, submitting that natural history is inadequately provided for by the present constitution of the Board of Trustees of the British Museum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Russell, 1st Earl Russell |
| Date: | [10 Mar 1847] |
| Classmark: | House of Commons Parliamentary Papers: 1847 XXXIV.253–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1070F |
To William Ewart Gladstone 14 May 1866
Summary
Memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from the fellows of the Royal, Linnean, Geological, and Zoological Societies of London, stating the importance of separating the administration of the national natural history collections of the British Museum from that of the library and art collections, and placing it in the hands of one officer, immediately responsible to one of the Queen’s ministers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Date: | 14 May 1866 |
| Classmark: | Gunther 1975, p. 238 (facsimile of printed copy of memorial) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5090F |
Russell, John (1792–1878)
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- … John Russell from his father’s succession as sixth duke of Bedford in 1802. Home secretary, 1835–41. Liberal prime minister, 1846–52 and 1865–6. Foreign secretary under Lord Palmerston, 1859–65. Created Earl Russell of Kingston Russell, 1861. In later life, occupied with literary work. FRS 1847. …
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Addressee
| Gladstone, W. E. | (1) |
| Russell, John | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Gladstone, W. E. | (1) |
| Russell, John | (1) |
