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RefNoMC/16/226
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Thomas] McKenny Hughes, 18 Hill Road, Cambridge, to Lord Kelvin [William Thomson]
CreatorHughes; Thomas McKenny (1832-1917); British geologist
Date7 June 1895
DescriptionRequests permission for Rev H J Carter, Vicar of Oxford, 'to send an artist to the Royal Society to make a copy of the portrait of Martin Folkes' or to remove the portrait to the studio for the purpose. Carter would like to present the 'copy to his College (Clare) of which the ancient President Martin Folkes was also a member'.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6575Hughes; Thomas McKenny (1832 - 1917)1832 - 1917
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist1824 - 1907
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