| Reference number | NLB/23/2/465 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/23/2 p427-428 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor C W Eliot, President of Harvard University |
| Date | 4 May 1904 |
| Description | When the project for the Bermuda Marine Biological Station was originally brought up it was regarded as an undertaking of the Colonial Government, and Professor E W MacBride of Montreal was named as the Zoologist with exceptional experience.
Council are not in a position to select and nominate a member of the superintending Committee from the list submitted by the Chancellor of New York University, and propose to modify the list by substituting MacBride's name for that of J M Greata, and leave the decision in the hands of Eliot and the Chancellor. The nomination of the Royal Society is: The Honorable Hugo Baring, L B Stoddart, H W Bucknall and Professor E W MacBride. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Physical description | Typescript |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6174 | Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924); geologist and historian | 1835 - 1924 |