Record

RefNoMC/17/149
LevelItem
TitleCopy of Letter from Arthur [William] Rücker, to [Karl] Pearson, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London
CreatorRucker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915); British physicist
Date20 May 1898
DescriptionInforms he discussed with Michael Foster, Karl Pearson's objections to Professor [James Joseph] Sylvester's obituary notice. Foster and Rücker are in agreement that cancelling the page would be an extreme response.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/17/144
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6673Rücker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915); physicist1848 - 1915
NA8002Pearson; Karl (1857 - 1936); statistician and eugenicist1857 - 1936
NA2893Sylvester; James Joseph (1814 - 1897)1814 - 1897
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