Record

RefNoMC/14/297
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Alfred [Cort] Haddon, Royal College of Science, Dublin, to [Michael] Foster
CreatorHaddon; Alfred Cort (1855-1940)
Date14 February 1888
DescriptionApplies for 'assistance towards investigating the natural history of coal reefs in Torres Strait'. Includes a brief of the work Haddon has 'laid out' for himself. Haddon sends a letter he received from Professor [Thomas Henry] Huxley [not enclosed].
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
NA6614Haddon; Alfred Cort (1855 - 1940); anthropologist and ethnologist1855 - 1940
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