| Reference number | NLB/52/859 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/52 p487 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Ellis Thomas Powell Esquire; the Financial News, 111 Queen Victoria Street, E.C. |
| Date | 3 March 1916 |
| Description | Contests Ellis Thomas Powell's notion that economic science does not come within the purview of the Royal Society. Notes that while recently the Society has had few candidates, economists have been elected as Fellows in the past, citing Adam Smith and [William] Stanley Jevons as examples. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | MC/31/154 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA596 | Smith; Adam (1723 - 1790) | 1723 - 1790 |
| NA6360 | Jevons; William Stanley (1835 - 1882); economist | 1835 - 1882 |