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Reference numberNLB/57/741
Alternative reference numberNLB/57p422
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Professor [Sir] William Abbott Herdman, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Y Delage
Date28 January 1920
DescriptionEncloses a cheque for £60 for the Royal Society to rent a table at the Roscoff Biological Station for 1920, but the President [Sir Joseph John Thomson, PRS] and Council of the Royal Society advise there is no promise of future renewal of the subscription in future years. The Council of the Royal Society is considering the whole question of subsidies of biological stations.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6570Herdman; Sir; William Abbott (1858 - 1924)1858 - 1924
NA8288Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist1856 - 1940
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