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Series 1O - Scientific and general correspondence: OKES - OWEN
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Date Rangec. 1845 - c. 1895
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1  Scientific and general correspondence c. 1845 - c. 1895

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• Letter to T H Huxley from OLDHAM, Thomas (1816-1878), 8 April 1863
Sent from Calcutta, India

Has sent some fishes to Rolleston and fossils to Huxley and awaits description of them; Huxley's essay on Darwinism; Bishop Colenso

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.236
Date range 8 April 1863
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.236 Box Number 23 Series 1o
• Letter to T H Huxley from OKES, (Rev) Richard, DD (1797-1888), 18 June 1881
Sent from King's College, Cambridge

Recent introduction of Mathematics into the course at Eton; the two foundations - Eton and King's College; their relationships; an historical survey [See section vi A11]

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.232
Date range 18 June 1881
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.232 Box Number 23 Series 1o
• Letter to T H Huxley from ORMSBY, George F, [December] 1893
Sent from Boston, Mass, USA

Invites Huxley to be Honorary Member of the American Society for the Study and Cure of Inebriety

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.238
Date range December 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.238 Box Number 23 Series 1o
• Letter from T H Huxley to ORMSBY, George F, 3 January 1894
Sent from Eastbourne, Sussex

Will accept Honorary Membership on the understanding that he is not committed to any particular method of procedure; temperance in England [Two drafts, differing slightly in wording]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.239
Date range 3 January 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.239 Box Number 23 Series 1o
• Letter to T H Huxley from OWEN, (Sir) Richard, FRS (1804-1892), 18 December 1850
Sent from Royal College of Surgeons, London

Thanks for information about a Ross compressor

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.243
Date range 18 December 1850
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.243 Box Number 23 Series 1o
• Letter to T H Huxley from OWEN, (Sir) Richard, FRS (1804-1892), 30 September 1851
Sent from Royal College of Surgeons, London

Testimonial for Toronto candidature [Testimonials of Thomas H Huxley, FRS, Candidate for the Chair of Natural History at the University of Toronto 7]

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.244
Date range 30 September 1851
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.244 Box Number 23 Series 1o
• Letter to T H Huxley from OWEN, (Sir) Richard, FRS (1804-1892), 30 October 1852
Sent from Royal College of Surgeons, London

Testimonial for Aberdeen candidature

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.245
Date range 30 October 1852
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.245 Box Number 23 Series 1o
• Letter from T H Huxley to OWEN, (Sir) Richard, FRS (1804-1892), 17 November 1852
Sent from London

Asks for testimonial which was promised and has not been received [cf FORBES, E, No 10]

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.247
Date range 17 November 1852
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.247 Box Number 23 Series 1o
• Letter to T H Huxley from OWEN, (Sir) Richard, FRS (1804-1892), 15 March 1853
Sent from Royal College [London]

Thanks for memoir on Cephalous Mollusca [The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley i, 152]

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.249
Date range 15 March 1853
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.249 Box Number 23 Series 1o
• Letter to T H Huxley from OWEN, (Sir) Richard, FRS (1804-1892), nd

Photograph

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.250
Formats Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier 23.250 Box Number 23 Series 1o
• Letter to T H Huxley from OWEN, (Rev) Richard Startin, 25 September 1893
Sent from Sheen Lodge, Richmond, Surrey

Is writing the life of his grandfather, Sir Richard Owen, and asks Huxley to contribute a chapter on his scientific work

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.251
Date range 25 September 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.251 Box Number 23 Series 1o
• Letter from T H Huxley to OWEN, (Rev) Richard Startin, 26 September [1893]
Sent from Eastbourne, Sussex

Consents to write the chapter, confined to Owen's scientific work [cf Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 340; 373]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 23.253
Date range 26 September 1893
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 23.253 Box Number 23 Series 1o
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