Record

RefNoMC/17/12
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Chairman of the Zoology Sectional Committee, to the Royal Society
CreatorLankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847-1929); British zoologist
Date17 February 1897
DescriptionIncomplete letter from [Sir Edwin Ray Lankester] Chairman of the Zoology Sectional Committee, on Royal Society headed paper, outlining the suggestions of the Sectional Committee for Zoology and Anatomy, made to Council. Repeal of suggestion of chosing Foreign Member, Félix Joseph Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers, zoologist, to be elected. The second suggestion relates to advising against choosing Karl Alfred Ritter von Zittel, palaeontologist, if a palaeontoligst were to be selected.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on Paper.
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1524Lacaze-Duthiers; Felix-Joseph Henri de (1821 - 1901)1821 - 1901
NA8247Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929); zoologist1847 - 1929
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