A letter to Sir Herbert Read from Sir D’Arcy W. Thompson, a Scottish mathematician, scientist, and classics scholar. In this letter, Thompson discusses the second edition of his book "On Growth and Form", the nature of publishing and its (lack of) profits for the author.

In Collection:

• Herbert Read Collection

Creator

• Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth, 1860-1948

Contributor

• Read, Herbert, 1893-1968

Subject

• Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
• Poets, English
• Art historians
• Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth, 1860-1948
• Classicists
• Biologists
• Authors
• Zoologists
• Anarchists
• Authors, English
• Mathematicians
• Poets

Language

• eng

Identifier

• HR/D'AT

Date created

• May 3, 1942

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 4 pages

Geographic Coverage

• Scotland--St. Andrews

Coordinates

• 56.33871, -2.79902

Additional physical characteristics

• Typewritten.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Herbert Read Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• letters (correspondence)
• correspondence

Archival item identifier

• File: 9.69

Fonds title

• Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC100

Is referenced by

• Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds

Date digitized

• 2022 to 2023

Technical note

• Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.

Rights

• Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/8f3e-3h50

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