Record

RefNoMDA/C/30/1/9
LevelItem
TitleExtract from the will of Henry Clifton Sorby
Date14 January 1909
DescriptionThe bequest to the President and Council of the Royal Society of the sum of £15,000, the income of which was to be 'devoted to the establishment of a Fellowship or Professorship for the carrying on of original scientific research...', with details of the proposed scheme, including an apparatus fund. With a codicil giving prority to this, following the discharging of other legacies and annuities. Proved at Wakefield, 14 April 1908.
Extent4p.
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA715Sorby; Henry Clifton (1826 - 1908)1826 - 1908
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