Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester

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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester regarding the vacant post of Chair of Anatomy at the University of Aberdeen, stating his reasons why he believes William McIntosh to be a more suitable candidate for the job. Lankester also gives Cossar Ewart a telling-off for attempting to influence the decision, rather than trying to improve his own standing and renown in the field.

• Anatomy
• Applications for Positions

• Ewart | James Cossar | 1851-1933 | zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh
• Lankester | Edwin Ray | 1847-1929 | zoologist and professor of zoology, University College London
• McIntosh | William Carmichael | 1838-1931 | zoologist and professor of zoology, University of St Andrews

• University of Aberdeen | 1495-: | university | Aberdeen (Scotland)

• Aberdeen (Scotland)