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CMB - Committee minute books of the Royal Society
- 112 - British National Committee for Biology

RefNo	CMB/112/2
Level	File
Title	Minutes of a meeting of the British National Committee for Biology
Date	25 July 1945
Description	Present at the meeting; Dr C F A Pantin in the Chair; Professor E D Adrian; Dr C H Andrewes; Professor T A Bennet-Clark; Dr O M B Bulman; Sir Henry Dale; Professor J H Dible; Caprtain C Diver; Dr W H L Duckworth; Mr WP K Findlay; Professor F E Fritsch; Mr C T Gimingham; Dr H L Hawkins; Professor A V Hill; Dr E Hindle; Sir Guy Marshall; Dr S A Neave; Professor W H Pearsall; Professor R A Peters; Professor A G Tansley; Professor D M S Watson; Professor F G Young Mr Francis HEMming and Dr T A Sprague attended by invitation Matters discussed; 1. Minutes of meeting of 2 May confirmed 2. 'Arising from Minute 7, the Chairman reported corespondence with regard to various collections of maps, photographs, books, instruments and materials in museums in Germany and nazi-occupied Europe. 3. Arising from Minute 5(a), the Chairman invited Mr Hemming to give an account of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature and its working. The Committee endorsed its previous recommendation that the work of the Commission should receive adequate financial support and Mr Hemming was advised to make further application to the Royal Society for such assistance as the International Commission required. 4. At the Chairman's invitation Dr Sprague outlined the position of the International Executive Committee on Botanical Nomenclature and gave an account of its work. It was felt that a permanent body with independent status and authority was required in this field and it was suggested that Dr Sprague should discuss with representative botanists the possibility of establishing such a body comparable with the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Consideration of the matter by this Committee was deferred pending the establishment of an appropriate permanent organisation to be responsible for international botanical nomenclature.' 5. Availability of funds to meet the expenses of distinguished foreign scientists invited to this country by scientific societies was discussed and resolved ' That the Society for Experimental Biology be informed that its best course would probably be to approach the British Council with a detailed proposal: and that this Committee would be willing to consider details of any proposed visit and, if the names suggested were approved, would make a recommendation to Council that the British Council be informed that the proposal had the moral support of this Committee. ' 6. Further to Minute 10, it was agreed 'that in view of its excessively wide scope it might well be desirable to split up the National Committee for Biology, but that this might serve no very useful purpose unless the International Union for Biology were also split up into more workable scientific parts. It was agreed that the Chairman be required to find out from foreign scientists whether there was a general opinion in favour of forming additional sections within the field of the present International Union of Biology, or of dividing the Union ittself. Resolved - That it be a recommendation to the Council that the Chairman of the British National Committe for Biology be asked to visit various countires, particularly of Northern Europe, and to consult with representative foreign scientists as to the possibility of dividing the International Union of Biology. 7. The Chairman reported correspondence with Dr Robert Chambers on the American Biological Union [No summaries included]
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Format	Typescript
AccessStatus	Open

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