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RefNoMS/928/4/4/15
LevelItem
TitlePoem, 'To Charles Vernon Boys on his Eightieth Birthday', by Richard Arthur Surtees Paget.
CreatorPaget; Sir Richard Arthur Surtees; second baronet (1869-1955); British barrister and scientific investigator
RecipientBoys; Sir Charles Vernon (1855-1944); British physicist and inventor
Date15 June 1935
DescriptionVerses commencing: 'Why does Sir C.V.Boys elect/to do things we least expect...' Originally published in Nature, vol.135, no.3424, Saturday 15 June 1935, the verses were redrawn in the calligraphy of Graily Hewitt and printed by Messrs Emery Walker.
Extent1p.
FormatPhotogravure
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
AdminHistorySir Richard Arthur Surtees Paget, 2nd Baronet (1869-1955) British barrister and amateur scientific investigator.
William Graily Hewit or Graily Hewitt (1864–1952) British novelist and calligrapher.
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8138Boys; Sir; Charles Vernon (1855 - 1944); physicist and inventor1855 - 1944
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