1855-56 
the new appointment 
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tribution thereto. I had a very flattering note 
from Mr. Blackwood on sending me proofs of 
the light little article I amused myself some time 
ago by penning. . . . The College responded to 
my resignation by a letter acknowledging my long 
and valuable services, &c., in the usual official 
terms. The document in question was a letter 
orwarded to him from the Secretary stating that 
^t a meeting of the Council of the College of 
Surgeons on June 12, 1856, a resolution was 
passed, to express “ the great regret of this 
Council at the loss of the services of a gentleman 
■''I ho has been so long connected with the museum, 
and who has earned so wide a reputation, &c. , and 
of their gratification that the cause of his resig- 
nation is his appointment to an important office 
connected with the same department of science in 
the British Museum.” ’ 
Amongst the letters with reference to this 
appointment which Owen received, the following 
from Professor A. Sedgwick may be quoted ; — 
Norwich : June 20, 1856. 
‘ My dear Owen, — . . . I trust that your move 
^ the British Museum is for your happiness. If 
od spare your health it will be a grand move 
or the benefit of British science. An Imperator 
tvas sadly wanted in that vast establishment. 
‘ Ever yours, 
‘ A. Sedgwick.’ 
