John Woodward to Hans Sloane – February 26, 1717/18
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Date: February 26, 1717/18 Author: John Woodward Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045 Folio: f. 101
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English
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British Library, London
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Scholarship
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Dissertations, Papers, Printing
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February 26, 1717/18
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Gr. Coll.
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Dr Mullen Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
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[fol. 101] Gr. Coll. 26. Feb. 1717[/18]. Sr The Paper inclosed is an Extract out of a Letter recieved a while ago from Dr. Scheuchzer. I shall answer it in a few Dayes, in case you have any Commands. The printed Discourse is from Dr. Mullen, Author of a Dissertation De Urnis Spulchr. Sarmatice printed several Years ago, in 4″. He is one of the best Scholars of this Age. I shall be pleasd to find it worth yr Acceptance and am Your most faithfull humble servant Woodward
Woodward was a physician, natural historian and antiquary who expounded a theory of the earth in which fossils were creatures destroyed by the biblical flood. This embroiled him in a controversy in which he was opposed by John Ray, Edward Llwyd, Martin Lister, and Tancred Robinson (J. M. Levine, “Woodward, John (1665/1668-1728)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29946, accessed 17 June 2011]).
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