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RefNoNLB/23/2/324
AltRefNoNLB/23/2 p295
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter sent from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney, Fellow of the Royal Society
Date6 May 1903
DescriptionPresident and Council have nominated Abney to represent the Royal Society upon the Advisory Board for Military Education in response to the request of the Secretary of State for War.

Enclosing a copy of a letter from the War Office and a copy of a note of the scope of the duties of the Board [no enclosures]. Requests Abney put himself in contact with the Director of Military Education.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6454Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920)1843 - 1920
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