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Reference numberMC/34/2
Alternative reference number19002
LevelItem
TitleLetter from G.R Agassing, 76 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., to Sir [Joseph John] Thomson, President of the Royal Society
CreatorAgassing; G. R (fl 1919)
DateMarch 1919
DescriptionEncloses £1047 to establish a memorial to his father's friend, Sir John Murray. The memorial is to consist of a suitable gold medal to be known as the "Sir John Murray Medal for Oceanographic Research", to be awarded for distinguished research in oceanography, including marine biology, internationally regardless of race or nation of the individual [enclosure not present].
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
Physical descriptionCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8288Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist1856 - 1940
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