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RefNoNLB/67/341
AltRefNoNLB/67 p189
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Karl Pearson, FRS
Date6 December 1924
DescriptionReplies to Professor Karl Pearson's enquiry, informing him that there is no difficulty in him having photographs of the portraits he mentions, but that the 'portrait of George Buchanan' is not in fact Buchanan, but Jeannin, Finance Minister to Henry IV of France.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8002Pearson; Karl (1857 - 1936); statistician and eugenicist1857 - 1936
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