[Henry Littlejohn, Scottish Surgeon; forensics; Joseph Bell] Autograph Note in Third Person accepting invitation to to attend the opening of the new Botanical Buildings (Edinburgh)
Author:
Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn (1826 ? 1914) Scottish surgeon, forensic scientist and public health official
Publication details:
[Printed address] 24 Royal Circus, Edinburgh, 7 June [no year given but 1901, see Note below]
£120.00
SKU: 26950
One page, 16mo, bifolium, fold mark, minor stain, text clear and complete. Text: Sir Henry Littlejohn has the honor to accept the invitation to the opening of the New Botanical Buildings on Monday 13th June at 3p.m. for which he has to thank the University of Glasgow. Note: A. According to AI, Littlejohn was knighted in 1895; B. 13th June 1901, the new Botany Building of the University of Glasgow was officially opened by Sir Joseph Hooker in the presence of a distinguished company; C. Apparently he connected smoking with cancer in 1900. See Image,