Record

RefNoMC/17/144
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Karl Pearson, 7 Will Road, Hampstead, NW, to Professor [Arthur William] Rücker, [Secretary of the Royal Society]
CreatorPearson; Karl (1857 - 1936); statistician and eugenicist
Date12 May 1898
DescriptionStrongly protesting a paragraph in the obituary notice of Professor [James Joseph] Sylvester, in the Proceedings of The Royal Society, which he believes unnecessarilly refers to religious beliefs. Suggests that it should be removed.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordNLB/16/724
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MC/17/149
MC/17/151
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8002Pearson; Karl (1857 - 1936); statistician and eugenicist1857 - 1936
NA6673Rücker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915); physicist1848 - 1915
NA2893Sylvester; James Joseph (1814 - 1897)1814 - 1897
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