RefNo | MC/8/346 |
AltRefNo | MC.8.346 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from members of the Athenaeum Club to the Secretary of the Royal Society |
Date | 8 April 1869 |
Description | Regarding the remarks of the Chancellor of the Exchequer relating to the Government Grant of £10 000 per annum for meteorological purposes to the Society. The members recommend steps should be taken to rectify any misconception which may exist in the public mind on the point.
The signatories of the letter are Joseph Dalton Hooker, John Tyndall, Thomas Henry Huxley, Edward Frankland, William Spottiswoode, Thomas Archer Hirst and John Lubbock. |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | See also MC.8.346 Letter from Dr Sharpey dated 22 March 1969. |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7983 | Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817 - 1911); botanist | 1817 - 1911 |
NA8293 | Tyndall; John (1820 - 1893); natural philosopher | 1820 - 1893 |
NA8243 | Huxley; Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895) | 1825 - 1895 |
NA7973 | Frankland; Sir; Edward (1825 - 1899); chemist | 1825 - 1899 |
NA8240 | Hirst; Thomas Archer (1830 - 1892); mathematician | 1830 - 1892 |
NA5949 | Lubbock; John (1834 - 1913); 1st Baron Avebury | 1834 - 1913 |