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RefNoMC/9/354
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William Crookes, 20 Mornington Road, to [George Biddell Airy], President of the Royal Society and to the Council
Date30 March 1872
DescriptionComplaining about the publication of private Council deliberations, on which disparaging statements regarding his election were based. These statements were published in the 'Quarterly Review' in an article by [William Benjamin] Carpenter. Crookes also accuses Carpenter of revealing deliberations on the selection of papers for publication.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8188Crookes; Sir; William (1832 - 1919); chemist1832 - 1919
NA8035Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician1801 - 1892
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