Record

RefNoCMB/7/2
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeeting of the British Academy Committee
Date1 March 1900
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the President in the chair; Professor Armstrong; Right Honourable J Bryce; Professor Forsyth; Sir Michael Foster, Secretary; Mr A B Kempe, Treasurer; Professor Ray Lankester; Sir Norman Lockyer; Professor Rucker, Secretary; Professor Tylor

1. Minutes of previeous meeting read and signed

2. Mr Bryce reported in accordance with the previous meeting's resolution, he had written to Professor Sidgwick, who was collecting opinons as requested

3. The general question of the scope of the Society under its Charters and practice discussed, memoranda drawn up by several members of the Committee circulated and considered, and it was resolved, ' That Sir Norman Lockyer be requested to embody his notes in a scheme to form the basis of discussion by the Committee, and that a further meeting be called for the 15 March to provisionally consider the scheme. '
Extent1p
FormatTypescript copy
PhysicalDescriptionTypescript copy pasted into volume
AccessStatusOpen
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