| Ref No | WP/13/1 |
| Alt Ref No | WP13/1 |
| Title | Print and correspondence re John Hampden ‘Flat Earth’ controversy |
| Description | Small cardboard folder apparently made from the cover of a book or notebook from which the original pages have been removed. Two titles on the spine in ink in Alfred Russel Wallace's and an unknown hand, obscured by torn paper: 'Bates on Delta of Amazon. Wall. on R Wagr . . .' (remainder torn away) and, upside down relative to this and deleted, 'Asa Gray. Review of D...' (remainder torn away). Titled on front cover in in in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand, over illegible text in blue pencil: 'Papers and Pamphlets by Carpenter and Parallax - also Hampden - Flat-Earth Man!'
Contents: Printed papers and pamphlets including material on Alfred Russel Wallace's acceptance of John Hampden's challenge to demonstrate the curvature of the earth and subsequent dispute. Also Parchment writ of inquiry Wallace v Hampden
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Hampden, John, 1819-1891
Cockerell, Theodore Dru Allison, 1866-1948
Carpenter, William
Rowbotham, Samuel Birley ('Parallax'), fl 1838-1873
Subject: Flat Earth theory |
| Date | 1871-1913 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | 15 File |
| Level | File |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates | Source |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 | [Source: http://www.wku.edu/%7Esmithch/index1.htm] |
| PX790 | Cockerell; Theodore Dru Allison (1866-1948); Entomologist | 1866-1948 | |
| PX5540 | Rowbotham; Samuel Birley (fl 1838-1873); Known as Parallax, supporter of the Flat-earth theory | fl 1838-1873 | |
| PX5538 | Hampden; John (1819-1891) | 1819-1891 | |