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Ref NoWP/1/2/17
Alt Ref NoWP1/2/17
TitleAlfred Russel Wallace to Violet Wallace, from Corfe View, Parkstone, Dorset
DescriptionLetter re Violet's studies and effort to obtain a hedgehog for teaching purposes; damage to William's eyes in a laboratory accident; Alfred Russel Wallace's thoughts on the publication 'Why does man Exist'; Violet's illegible writing.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, Violet, born 1869
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Place: Dorset England
Notes: A strip of paper from the letter to which this is a reply is pasted onto the last page and contains the text 'give a [critism] [criticism] lesson on'. Dated estimated on basis of original position in bundle, simply 'Sunday'. Annotated in an unknown hand 'Book Why does man Exist'.
Date[1890]
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM General Library
ExtentLetter
LevelItem

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CodePersonNameDates
PX473Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist1823-1913
PX5162Wallace; William Greenell (1871-1951); Electrical engineer1871-1951
PX5168Wallace; Violet Isobel (1869-1945); Miss; Teacher1869-1945
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