Record

RefNoMDA/A/22/66
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Thomas Holland to William Bragg, University of Edinburgh
Date12 September 1939
DescriptionUnreasonable for Holland to retire from Edinburgh University under war conditions. Thus, rejects Foreign Secretaryship of the Royal Society. Suggests withdrawal of his name from Council list or that [Albert C] Seward be asked to accept an extra year in role.
Extent2p
FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6076Holland; Sir; Thomas Henry (1868 - 1947); geologist and civil servant1868 - 1947
NA8140Bragg; Sir; William Henry (1862 - 1942); physicist1862 - 1942
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