CURREY (Frederick, 1819-1881, Mycologist, Translator and Barrister, F.L.S., F.R.S.)

Autograph Letter Signed to  Alfred William BENNETT , (1833-1902, Lecturer in Botany at Bedford College and St. Thomas' Hospital), saying "I have only a short paper on a new genus of Cucurbitaceae for the first meeting, and that paper will not be readable beyond its title, so that your communication on Vallisneria will be very acceptable", 1 side 8vo., 3 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, 15th October slightly creased at foot, trace of mounting on blank fourth side

Currey was Secretary to the Linnaean Society 1860-1880 and Vice-President 1880-1881. He was a member of the council of the Royal Society. His collection of fungi was left to the Kew Herbarium and the genus Curreya was founded in his memory. He translated Hofmeister's 'On the Germination of the Higher Cryptogamia', 1862, and was editor of the Natural History Review from 1861. Bennett translated and edited Julius Sachs' 'Lehrbuch der Botanik' , 1875, and collaborated on 'Handbook of Cryptogamic Botany', 1889.

Item Date:  1875

Stock No:  13889      £35

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