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RefNoNLB/15/560
AltRefNoNLB/15 p307
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Arthur Wiliam Rucker, to Mr Osbert Salvin, [Fellow of the Royal Society]
Date28 October 1897
DescriptionThe Council were not quite satisfied as to Ogilvie Grant's application, Socotra has been visited by Professor Bayley Balfour and others and they wonder is there is any reason to expect any large additions to their knowledge from Grant's visit. Asks for clarification on the relationship between Grant and that of Colonel Gerbury[?].
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6673Rucker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915)1848 - 1915
NA1439Salvin; Osbert (1835 - 1898)1835 - 1898
NA4276Balfour; Sir; Isaac Bayley (1853 - 1922)1853 - 1922
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