| Description | Extract from the diary of John Evelyn for 27 Jan 1689 from an unnamed newspaper; undated; on the subject of an infant prodigy, the son of Dr. Clench, annotated in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand in ink 'Probably equalled by J.S. Mill at same age.'
Name: Evelyn, John, 1620-1706
Notes: In a envelope addressed to Richard Wallace, postmarked 1996, labelled 'Newspaper cuttings Various' comprising press cuttings, corrected proofs, book reviews and other papers, when listed. |