Record

Reference numberMDA/A/7/7
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Sir Henry Lyons, FRS, Fingest Grove, near High Wycombe, Bucks to John David Griffith Davies (Assistant Secretary)
Date30 May 1942
DescriptionInforming John David Griffith Davies of Sir Henry Lyons' plan to send him two copies of his manuscript of the history of the Royal Society by post. Mentions John Wilkins (secretary) and Robert Moray (member of the Privy Council) in the context of the founding of the Royal Society.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6939Lyons; Sir; Henry George (1864 - 1944); geologist and museum director1864 - 1944
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