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Reference numberNLB/19/273
Alternative reference numberNLB/19 p143
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Harrison, to the Editor of 'The Daily Mail', 3 Hamsworth Buildings, Tallis Street, E.C.
Date24 July 1899
DescriptionAcknowledges the Editor's letter to the President but as Lord [Joseph] Lister is out of town, it is out of Harrison's power to grant an interview to Mr Wilson as the Editor proposes. The organization of the proposed Antarctic Expedition us under consideration by a Joint Committee of the Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society. No definite steps likely to be of interest to the public have yet been taken and the Presidents of the two Societies are both out of London for some time.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Physical descriptionTypescript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8069Lister; Joseph (1827 - 1912); 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis; surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery1827 - 1912
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