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Reference numberNLB/51/349
Alternative reference numberNLB/51 p218
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr William Napier Shaw FRS
Date22 February 1915
Description'The appointment of a Superintendent at Valencia Observatory to succeed Mr Cullum on his retirement has been, as you know, the subject of discussion by a Sub-Committee of the Gassiot Committee, which entrusted to that Sub-Committee the nomination of a suitable candidate.
I am now directed by the Chairman of the Gassiot Committee to forward you the unanimous recommendation of the Sub-Committee; which is that Mr L H G Dines MA, AMICE, Senior Professor Assistant now at Eskdalemuir Observatory be appointed to success Mr Cullum.'
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7142Shaw; Sir; William Napier (1854 - 1945); meteorologist1854 - 1945
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