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RefNoMC/17/32
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Edwin] Ray Lankester, 40 Nottingham Place, London, to [Dr Michael] Foster, [Secretary of the Royal Society]
CreatorLankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929)
Date13 May 1897
DescriptionReturns enclosed application [not attached],which he was requested to bring before the Committee, as he is no longer chairman. Maintains that the work of Mr Sherborne is of great value but as it is not a publicaiton, it cannot be assisted from a fund alloted for producing publications. Believes there is future possibility of the piblication of Sherborne's catalogues.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
NA8247Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929); zoologist1847 - 1929
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