| Reference number | NLB/70/169 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/70 p88 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Karl Pearson, FRS |
| Date | 21 January 1927 |
| Description | Informs Professor Karl Pearson, in relation to his lecture on the skull and portraits of George Buchanan, that Charles II never attended Royal Society meetings, and that the portrait of George Buchanan was presented in January 1695/6 and so has been in the Royal Society's possession for 230 years. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8002 | Pearson; Karl (1857 - 1936); statistician and eugenicist | 1857 - 1936 |