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HUXLEY
(Thomas Henry, 1825-1895, Biologist)
Autograph Letter Signed to Carpenter
saying that he hasn't said when he would be in London but hoping that his invitation to come & dine on Saturday at 7pm and we can discuss matters afterwards. Also bring your pipe if you like to smoke - for I have Russian tobacco at any rate for the present. No dressing - we shall be alone..., 3 sides 8vo., The Athenaeum headed paper, 3rd December year illegible
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This letter is is extremely likely to be addressed to the zoologist/physiologist William Benjamin CARPENTER, F.R.S. (1813-1885), who was a colleague and frequent correspondent of Huxley. Carpenter makes several appearances in the multi-volume Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, which was edited by his son Leonard.
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