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Reference numberNLB/14/892
Alternative reference numberNLB/14 p499
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, Vice President of the Royal Society
Date1 June 1897
DescriptionIn reply to Dyer's note of the 28th, Harrison is sure the President [Joseph Lister] did not wish to put any pressure on the Vice President's or Council to attend the Service in St Paul's.

The President and the three Secretaries are going, and Harrison is now inviting other members of the Council to send their names for the remaining seats reserved.
Extent1p
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7968Thiselton-Dyer; Sir; William Turner (1843 - 1928); botanist1843 - 1928
NA8069Lister; Joseph (1827 - 1912); 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis; surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery1827 - 1912
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