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Reference code
HOUG/E/M/14/3
Title
Letter from Alfred Newton to Lord Houghton
Date(s)
- 1 Nov. 1865 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2 ff.
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Scope and content
Magd[alene] Coll[ege], Cambridge. - Is a candidate for Professorship of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy; solicits Houghton's influence with W. H. Thompson and the Public Orator [W. G. Clark]; will circulate testimonials from Owen and other naturalists.