Reference number | NLB/67/640 |
Alternative reference number | NLB/67 p345 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr John Horne, FRS |
Date | 5 February 1925 |
Description | Apologises for misleading Dr John Horne, as previously Towle said that Sir Archibald Geikie was the first and only Geologist - to be President of the Society, but actually the Marquis of Northampton [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton] of the Geological Society was President of the Royal Society from 1838-1848. |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Carbon |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA6268 | Horne; John (1848 - 1928) | 1848 - 1928 |
NA2272 | Compton; Spencer Joshua Alwyne (1790 - 1851); 2nd Marquess of Northampton | 1790 - 1851 |