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RefNoNLB/46/461
AltRefNoNLB/46 p274
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Abbott Herdman, Fellow of the Royal Society
Date2 August 1912
DescriptionProfessor Cayeux, who was recently appointed as successor to the late Michel-Levy in the Chair of Geology at the College de France, Paris, has applied for some of the volumes of the Challenger publications for the library of the college. From the broken sets he would like, 'Narratives of the cruise volumes one and two', 'Deep sea deposits', 'Zoology volumes fourteen, twenty and thirty one', 'Physics and chemistry of the voyage of the Challenger', volumes one and to'. The President recommends that these be given. If he agrees, asks him to sign his assent on the form.

Similar letters have been sent to: Professor John Stanley Gardiner, Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, Sir John Murray, Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer.
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FormatCarbon
PhysicalDescriptionTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6570Herdman; Sir; William Abbott (1858 - 1924)1858 - 1924
NA7968Thiselton-Dyer; Sir; William Turner (1843 - 1928); botanist1843 - 1928
NA1654Murray; Sir; John (1841 - 1914)1841 - 1914
NA8247Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929)1847 - 1929
NA1149Gardiner; John Stanley (1872 - 1946)1872 - 1946
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