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RefNoNLB/3/491
AltRefNoNLB/3 p253
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir George Gabriel Stokes, President of the Royal Society
Date24 June 1889
DescriptionRix submits for approval, at the request of Professor Michael Foster, the minute for their Journal Book, detailed on the back of the letter.

The minute reports that Stokes, President of the Royal Society, stated that it had been resolved by himself and the Council to address a letter to the Lord Mayor of London expressing sympathy with his attempt to obtain public recognition in this country of the services of Monsieur Pasteur to 'Science and Humanity'. The Officers with Sir James Paget, Joseph Lister, Sir Henry Roscoe and Professor Edwin Ray Lankester have been chosen to represent the Society at a meeting called by the Mayor on 1 July. The action of the President and Counil has been approved.
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FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6051Paget; Sir; James (1814 - 1899)1814 - 1899
NA8277Roscoe; Sir; Henry Enfield (1833 - 1915)1833 - 1915
NA8247Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929)1847 - 1929
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903)1819 - 1903
NA6990Pasteur; Louis (1822 - 1895)1822 - 1895
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