140 MEMOIR OF DR. HARVEY. 



written characters, at least until the specimens are dried 

 properly. There is much in the drying process to elicit hidden 

 characters. 



To 31iss F 1. 



February 18, 1844. 



I have just been ordered up to Dublin, for which I start 

 to-morrow morning, for the purpose of being made a doctor ! 

 on Tuesday next at two o'clock, to enable me to hold the pro- 

 fessorship, which is to be combined with the curatorship, both 

 to be decided 20th March, on which day it is thought Dr. 

 Harvey will be the happy man. 



March 20th. To-day I was made a doctor in fine style. I 

 hired a cap and gown for the occasion. I have seen several 

 members of the board, who assure me I may judge of their good 

 wishes by what they have done to-day. I was admitted, tell 



J , as a Quaker, and had to stand up while all the rest were 



kneeling, — but I made a sad mistake in reading the form, for 

 once I said " Juro " in mistake for " Affirmo." The Lord Primate, 

 uncle to the Marquis of Waterford, conferred the degree, which 

 he did in a very worthy manner. He is a very noble-looking 

 person. An archbishop every inch. I am to dine with the 

 provost this evening. 



March 30th. I was this day married to the old lady, who 

 gives me an annual sum for pin-money, with a suite of rooms, 

 and agrees to pay a sum of money if she should ever be forced 

 to divorce me. I am quite pleased with those terms. I shall 

 not be settled before the middle of May, as I go to spend the 

 honeymoon in Limerick. 



The arrangement thus humorously alluded to, as being quite 

 satisfactory, was nevertheless not exactly that which Dr. Harvey 

 had at first expected. It was contended that the honorary 

 degree of M.D., which had been conferred on him by the 

 University, did not qualify him to hold the Professorship, and, 

 after much debate, it was ultimately decided to separate the two 

 offices, Dr. Harvey being appointed Curator of the Herbarium, 

 while Dr. Allman was elected to the Botanical Chair. In 1856, 

 Dr. Allman obtained the Professorship of Natural History 

 in the University of Edinburgh, and Dr. Harvey succeeded 

 him, without any opposition, in the Botanical Chair of Dublin. 



