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Group of Autograph Letters Signed by Victorian Era Scientists. Sir John Lubbock Signature. One page, 6.75" x 3", no place; no date. Signed, "Sir John Lubbock FRS DCL / (Lord Avebury)." Signature has two articles that have been pasted to card on recto and two articles pasted on verso. Crease with some separation at top that affects the "C" in "DCL." Ink notations on recto. Card rubbed with some light staining below signature.Sir John Lubbock (1834-1913) was a British scientist and polymath. Lubbock first established archaeology as a scientific field. A friend of Charles Darwin, he wrote several articles using archaeological evidence to support evolutionary theory. Lubbock authored Pre-Historic Times and The Beauties of Nature and was the first to use the terms "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic."
Archibald Smith Autograph Letter Signed. One page, 4.5" x 7", Lincoln's Inn; February 3, 1868. Letter to an unknown recipient about an order he placed for a friend's daughter. Signed, "AWD Smith." Lightly rubbed and toned with smoothed mailing creases.
Archibald Smith (1813-1872) was a British physicist and mathematician whose work centered around the application of magnetism and the Earth's magnetic field. He published an Admiralty manual for ascertaining and applying the deviations of the compass caused by the iron in a ship in 1862.
Sir Francis Galton Autograph Letter Signed. Three pages of a bifolium, 4.5" x 7", London; September 26 1884. In this letter addressed to a "Tristram," Galton discusses sending him a report and requesting further information about an ethnographical paper he was writing. It reads in part: "...is there any marked difference in the morals of gregarious and of solitary animals? Are the former more civilized in their ways; less impulsive; less individualized and so forth..." Signed, "Francis Galton." Light staining to first page and verso of letter. Light toning from age.
Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911), the divisive half-cousin of Charles Darwin, was an English scientist and polymath. He was one of the first to recognize that Darwin's theory of evolution would have significant implications for mankind and worked with Darwin to expand upon it. A dedicated eugenicist who worked extensively in his later years to promote the idea of utilizing "selective parenthood" to enhance physical and mental makeup of the species.
Sir Richard Owen Autograph Letter Signed. Three pages of a bifolium, 4.5" x 7", St. Giles, London; April 15, 1863. In a letter to an unknown recipient he thanks them for their offer of specimens for illustration in one of his lectures. He then states he will be visiting the museum soon himself to "...select a few specimens characteristic of the order..." Signed, "Richard Owen." Light toning with smoothed mailing creases. Small separation at bottom crease.
Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892) was a British paleontologist and anatomist who was the first to recognize that a series of fossilized reptiles differed significantly from the reptiles of today. He christened this taxon Dinosauria in 1842. A controversial figure, he became an outspoken critic of Charles Darwin after the success of Origin of Species; he feared that Darwin's rise would mean the end of Owen's preeminence in the field.
Sir Richard Owen Autograph Letter Signed. Two pages of a bifolium, 7.75" x 9.75", British Museum, London; August 31, 1857. In this letter to an unnamed correspondent, Owen declines a request to give a testimonial for the chair of Paleontology in the Garden of Plants in Paris. Smoothed mailing creases with light toning. Some discoloration from ink oxidation. Third page has an illegible word in purple ink that has been smudged and was not part of the original letter. Staining to verso that does affect text.
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2021 May 19 Historical Manuscripts Signature Auction #6236 (go to Auction Home page)
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