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Reference numberNLB/7/696
Alternative reference numberNLB/7 p323
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to M C De Candolle, Geneva
Date11 April 1893
DescriptionDe Candolle's letter addressed to Lord Kelvin [William Thomson], announcing the lamented death of the Society's Foreign Member, Professor A de Candolle, was received this morning and shall be laid before his Lordship when he comes to town. De Candolle's death will be announced at the nest Council meeting and will, he is sure, be received with the deepest regret.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist1824 - 1907
NA3552Candolle; Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de (1806 - 1893)1806 - 1893
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