SEWARD (Sir Albert Charles, 1863-1941, Botanist and Geologist)

Autograph Letter Signed to Gimson sending “cordial thanks to the Governor of Bedales for their generous and much appreciated resolution. I hope some day to be able to begin my new duties...”, 1 side 8vo., Edinburgh, 30th June

The recipient is Sydney A. GIMSON (Sydney Ansell, 1860-1938, from 1888 President of the Leicester Secular Society). Seward was appointed lecturer in botany at Cambridge University in 1890, later becoming a tutor at Emmanuel, and still later succeeding Harry Marshall Ward as Professor of Botany, Cambridge University from 1906 to 1936. There, he became a founding member of the University of Cambridge Eugenics Society, eventually becoming its Chairman.

Item Date:  1936

Stock No:  42137      £75

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