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RefNoNLB/23/2/466
AltRefNoNLB/23/2 p429-430
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor MacCracken, Chancellor of New York University
Date4 May 1904
DescriptionWhen the project for the Bermuda Marine Biological Station was originally brought up it was regarded as an undertaking of the Colonial Government, and Professor E W MacBride of Montreal was named as the Zoologist with exceptional experience.

Council are not in a position to select and nominate a member of the superintending Committee from the list submitted by the Chancellor, and propose to modify the list by substituting MacBride's name for that of J M Greata, and leave the decision in the hands of Professor C W Eliot and the Chancellor. The nomination of the Royal Society is: The Honorable Hugo Baring, L B Stoddart, H W Bucknall and Professor E W MacBride.
Extent2p
FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6174Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924)1835 - 1924
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