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RefNoNLB/65/495
AltRefNoNLB/65 p272
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr Alexander Scott, FRS
Date8 November 1923
DescriptionAsks Dr Alexander Scott which chemists ought to be appointed to the vacancies on Committees; [Gilbert Thomas] Morgan, [Jocelyn Field] Thorpe and [Charles Thomas] Heycock (Chairman of the Chemistry Committee) are all retiring. Asks if Scott would like to be the new Chairman. Asks if [Herbert Brereton] Baker should go on a Committee. Also asks who should replace [James Johnston] Dobbie and [George Gerald] Henderson (who are retiring) on the Government Grant Board.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6427Scott; Alexander (1853 - 1947)1853 - 1947
NA2175Morgan; Sir; Gilbert Thomas (1870 - 1940)1870 - 1940
NA6170Thorpe; Sir; Jocelyn Field (1872 - 1940); chemist1872 - 1940
NA1426Heycock; Charles Thomas (1858 - 1931); chemist1858 - 1931
NA8111Baker; Herbert Brereton (1862 - 1935)1862 - 1935
NA3151Dobbie; Sir; James Johnston (1852 - 1924)1852 - 1924
NA1373Henderson; George Gerald (1862 - 1942)1862 - 1942
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
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