Record

RefNoNLB/39/21
AltRefNoNLB/39 p13
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from The Secretaries of the Royal Society to The Registrary of the University of Cambridge
Date13 November 1908
Description'The Secretaries of the Royal Society present their compliments to the Registry of the University of Cambridge and beg to leave to inform him that the President and Council have nominated the following to represent the Royal Society at the Commemoration nest year by the University of the Centenary of Charles Darwin's birth, and the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the "Origin of Species". :- Sir Archibald Geikie, KCB, DCL, Sc D, LLD, Secretary of the RS [Royal Society]. The Right Hon Lord Avebury, DCL, LLD, FRS [Fellow of the Royal Society. Sir T Lauder Brunton, Bart, MD, LLD, FRS. Sir E Ray Lankester, KCB, MA, LLD, FRS.'
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6174Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924)1835 - 1924
NA5949Lubbock; John (1834 - 1913); 1st Baron Avebury1834 - 1913
NA6432Brunton; Sir; Thomas Lauder (1844 - 1916)1844 - 1916
NA8247Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929)1847 - 1929
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