To [William Sharpey] [1853–72?]
Summary
If Hooker [presumably Joseph Dalton Hooker] knows he is proposed [for something at the Royal Society?] he will enquire if he can attend.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Sharpey |
Date: | [1853–72?] |
Classmark: | Duke University, Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library (letter album compiled by William Sharpey, secretary of the Royal Society of London) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13892 |
To William Sharpey 9 April [1857]
Summary
Recommendations of books of general interest [for the Royal Society library]. These include [Louis] Agassiz’s works, [William] McGillivray’s [History of] British birds, and David Low’s [On the domesticated animals of the British Islands].
Comments on current candidates for the Royal Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Sharpey |
Date: | 9 Apr [1857] |
Classmark: | DAR 249: 128 (photocopy) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2073F |
To William Sharpey 22 May [1857]
Summary
Agrees with Thomas Henry Huxley that Albany Hancock has a good claim on a Royal Society medal. Thinks that geology has not been sufficiently honoured by the Royal Society, and suggests Joseph Prestwich. Expresses his strong opinion that Charles Lyell would be a worthy recipient of the Copley Medal.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Sharpey |
Date: | 22 May [1857] |
Classmark: | D. and E. Lake Ltd (dealers) (June 2016) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2093F |
To William Sharpey 2 June [1857]
Summary
Supports nomination of John Lindley for award of Royal Medal of the Royal Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Sharpey |
Date: | 2 June [1857] |
Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Lowell Autograph File 84) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2100 |
To William Sharpey, Secretary, Royal Society 24 January [1857]
Summary
Feels unqualified to offer advice on research by the expedition; he has never attended to natural history of the region. Suggests collecting Carboniferous plants and studying the geographical extension of sea-borne erratic boulders.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Sharpey |
Date: | 24 Jan [1857] |
Classmark: | The Royal Society (MC17: 336) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2206 |
To William Sharpey 28 October [1860]
Summary
Testimonial for Daniel Oliver’s candidacy as Professor of Botany [DO was Professor of Botany, University College London, 1861–88].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Sharpey |
Date: | 28 Oct [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 70 (EH) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2967 |
To the Royal Society 19 March 1855
Summary
Recommends publication of Leonard Horner’s account of researches in alluvial deposits of Egypt [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 145 (1855): 105–38]. It contains valuable observations which will probably become of still higher value in future.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Sharpey; Royal Society of London |
Date: | 19 Mar 1855 |
Classmark: | The Royal Society (RR2: 111) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1650 |
Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
Sharpey, William | |
Royal Society of London | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | |
Sharpey, William | (7) |
Royal Society of London | (1) |