Record

RefNoRR/49/70
LevelItem
TitleSecond referee's report by William Dickson Lang, on a paper 'The extinct of rhinoceroses of Baluchistan' by Clive Forster-Cooper
Date21 November 1933
DescriptionSectional Committee: Zoology

Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The author does not appear to accept the criticisms of th first report [RR/49/71]. Had suggests the paper be reviewed for composition and grammar, which the author has not undertaken. The author has not undertaken to correct some rearragement for clarity. The author has not attempted to clarify the systematics. If 'the author will not conform to the standard usages of Systematic Palaeontology...I cannot recommend the Royal Society to accept a paper for publication which does not aim at attaining to the highest standard of Palaeontological writing'.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 1934]

Endorsed on verso as received 23 November 1933.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionStandardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstb.1934.0013 Vol.223 1934
RelatedRecordRR/49/69
RR/49/71
RR/49/72
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1666Lang; William Dickson (1878 - 1966)1878 - 1966
NA646Forster-Cooper; Sir; Clive (1880 - 1947)1880 - 1947
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