RefNoACS/1/2/4/220
AltRefNo294
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton, to Lord Blackburn
CreatorSwinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863-1930); British electrical engineer
Date19 April 1929
DescriptionAcknowledges receipt of a previous letter. Informs he wrote last Monday and has since had a conversation with Sir William McCormick, who tells him that he does not think Professor D'Arcy Thompson would be eligible to succeed Sir Alfred Ewing under the new regulation as to age. Encloses a copy of a letter he sent to Sir Alfred Ewing in which he mentions another Professor, John Cunningham McLennan [enclosure not present].
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8285Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer1863 - 1930
NA8053Ewing; Sir; James Alfred (1855 - 1935); engineer and cryptographer1855 - 1935
NA1169McLennan; Sir; John Cunningham (1867 - 1935); physicist1867 - 1935
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