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RefNoNLB/57/895
AltRefNoNLB/57p514
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Edwin Deller, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Herbert McLeod, FRS
Date28 February 1920
Description'I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th instant. I am sorry that you cannot see your way to writing an obituary notice of Dr [Charles Edward] Groves, but I quite understand the difficulty you would feel in doing so. I note your kind offer to answer any questions that are sent to you.' Above the letter a note says a similar letter has been sent to the following:
Professor EW [Ernest William] Hobson, FRS, - Committee for Mathematics
Sir R [Richard Tetley] Glazebrook, FRS, and Professor [William Henry] Bragg, FRS, - Committee for Physics
Sir R [Richard Tetley] Glazebrook, FRS, and Mr [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton, FRS, - Committee for Radio-telegraphy
Sir A[Archibald] Geikie, FRS, and Professor Gregory, FRS, - Committee for Geology
Dr [Alfred Cort] Haddon, FRS, and Colonol [Sir Henry George] Lyons, FRS, - Committee for Geography
Professor [ Sir John Bretland] Farmer, FRS, and Professor [Frederick William] Gamble, FRS, - Committee for Biological Sciences
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2170Hobson; Ernest William (1856 - 1933)1856 - 1933
NA8225Glazebrook; Sir; Richard Tetley (1854 - 1935)1854 - 1935
NA8140Bragg; Sir; William Henry (1862 - 1942); physicist1862 - 1942
NA8285Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930)1863 - 1930
NA6174Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924)1835 - 1924
NA6614Haddon; Alfred Cort (1855 - 1940)1855 - 1940
NA6939Lyons; Sir; Henry George (1864 - 1944); geologist and museum director1864 - 1944
NA1831Farmer; Sir; John Bretland (1865 - 1944)1865 - 1944
NA1285Gamble; Frederick William (1869 - 1926)1869 - 1926
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