James Torbitt

James Torbitt (  - 29 Yuni 1895) ɗan kasuwar ruhohi ne ɗan ƙasar Ireland da ke zaune a Belfast, wanda aka san shi da wasiƙun da ya rubuta da Charles Darwin .Correspondence of Charles Darwin on James Torbitt's project to breed blight-resistance potatoes

Farawa a 1878, Torbitt ya musayar wasiƙu da yawa tare da Darwin game da kiwon dankali turawa na wucin gadi waɗanda ke tsayayya da cutar dankalin da ta lalata Ireland a cikin Babban Yunwa. Darwin ya kuma tattauna wannan tare da Hooker, da sauransu. Darwin ya burge shi da shirin Torbitt na kiwon dankali daga dankali na lokaci-lokaci wanda ya sami nasarar tsira daga harin cutar. Darwin ya rubuta wasiƙu sama da 40 ga wakilansa game da ra'ayoyin Torbitt kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya sami kudaden Torbitt. Torbitt da Darwin sun musayar wasiƙu sama da 90. Ɗaya daga cikin katunan da Darwin ya aika wa Torbitt a cikin 1880 an sayar da shi sama da £ 3,500 a cikin 2016.

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