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Darwin Correspondence Project

Charles Rayson

1823–74

Rabbit fancier and professor of music. From Yorkshire. Wrote books on keeping rabbits.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/3973/69/49)

Correspondence vol. 20, letter from Francis Galton, [24 March 1872]

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 20 December 2017)

England, select births and christenings, 1538–1975 (Ancestry.com, accessed 20 December 2017)

Rayson 1872.

Bibliography

Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.

Rayson, Charles. 1872. Rabbits for prizes and profit: general management. 2 vols. London: ‘The Bazaar’ office.

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