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Reference numberNLB/20/729
Alternative reference numberNLB/20 p447
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Thomas Edward Thorpe, Foreign Secretary, Royal Society
Date26 June 1900
DescriptionInforms Thorpe that the President and Council of the Royal Society have nominated him to act as one of the delegates of the Society at the forthcoming General Assembly of the International Association of Academies. This meeting will occur in Paris, probably in October. The Society's other delegates are: Lord Kelvin [William Thomson], Professor Armstrong, Professor [Andrew Russell] Forsyth, Sir M Foster, Sir A Geikie, Professor Lankester, Sir N Lockyer, Professor Rucker, Professor Schuster, and Sir D Gill.
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FormatCarbon
Physical descriptionTypescript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist1824 - 1907
NA6837Forsyth; Andrew Russell (1858 - 1942); mathematician1858 - 1942
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
NA6174Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924); geologist and historian1835 - 1924
NA8247Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929); zoologist1847 - 1929
NA6349Lockyer; Sir; Joseph Norman (1836 - 1920)1836 - 1920
NA6673Rücker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915); physicist1848 - 1915
NA6483Schuster; Sir; Arthur (1851 - 1934); physicist1851 - 1934
NA6654Gill; Sir; David (1843 - 1914); astronomer1843 - 1914
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