WP - The Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

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Physiography examinations, papers re
1870?-1897
Three small cardboard folders apparently made from the covers of books or notebooks from which
the original pages have been removed, bundled together with a sheet of paper with general title
''Examinations'' in pencil in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand. They contain printed copies of
Physiography (physical geography) elementary and advanced examinations, c. 1870-1897, and ms
notes, mostly in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand, containing suggested questions, names of
examiners, notes of examination (board) meetings, statistics, comments on the qualities of the
candidates and copies of amusing answers to questions.
Name: Judd, John Wesley, 1840-1916
Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman, Knight, 1836-1920
WP10/1 Examinations in Physiography; print and Ms notes
Cardboard folder apparently made from the cover of a book or
notebook from which the original pages have been removed. MS
title '' G.R. Gray.Catalogue of Pacific Birds'' on the spine in ink
and on the front ''Examinations in Physiography. Questions and
Curious Answers'', both in Alfred Russel Wallace's? hand. The
dates ''1870-1879'' are written in pencil below the title on the front
cover. Parts of an examination paper 1878, (physical geography),
examiners Professor John W Judd FRS and J.Norman Lockyer
Esq. FRS, two folios of print dated and annotated in ink in Alfred
Russel Wallace's? hand, is pasted onto the inside cover of the
folder.There are the following enclosures:
1. Printed examination paper, Physical Geography elementary,
advanced and honours, examiner Professor Ansted. 1873.
2. Printed examination paper, Physical Geography elementary,
advanced and honours, examiner Professor Ansted. 1876.
3. Part of a printed examination paper, ( physical geography)
advanced, pasted onto a folio with notes in Alfred Russel
Wallace's hand written on the back.The paper is dated in pencil
and the notes in ink: 1876.
4. Ms notes, 1 folio with a table of statistics headed ''Elementary
papers exd by A.R.W'' in pencil on the front and notes on some
exam questions in ink on the back. The notes are written over
illegible text in faint blue pencil.
5. Part of a printed examination paper, ( physical geography)
elementary, pasted onto a sheet of card apparently torn from the
cover of a book. Annotated in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand.
Undated.
6. Copies in an unknown hand of candidates' answers to physical
geography examination questions, undated, folded inside a sheet
of lined paper labelled in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand ''Year not
known | Prof Anstey's (Ansted?) Time''. 3 folios including cover.
7. Copies in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand of candidates' answers
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1870-1879?
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