| Reference number | NLB/68/821 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/68 p439 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Albert Einstein, ForMemRS |
| Date | 5 November 1925 |
| Description | Sends on an enclosed letter. Congratulates Professor Albert Einstein on winning the Copley Medal, the 'highest honour which the Royal Society has in its power to award', and speculates that Einstein is the youngest person to receive it (or if not, he 'ought to be'). Hopes that Einstein could come in person to receive the Medal, and encloses an official invitation to the Anniversary Dinner [on 30 November]. Hopes to meet him there. [Enclosures not present.] |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8213 | Einstein; Albert (1879 - 1955); theoretical physicist | 1879 - 1955 |
| NA1226 | Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician | 1877 - 1946 |