Record

RefNoNLB/68/313
AltRefNoNLB/68 p169
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer, FRS
Date19 June 1925
DescriptionReports on [George] Matthai's long paper on 'Colony Formation in Astraeid Corals', which has now been shortened, and asks Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer to look at the referees reports and the author's comments. Informs him that Professor [John] Stanley Gardiner is tired of editing the paper, calling it 'a most d - - - - d paper from my point of view, it has given me months of work', and writing that 'I have never had a worse paper to report upon, as it contains much reading of literature and close concentration'.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6126Harmer; Sir; Sidney Frederic (1862 - 1950); zoologist1862 - 1950
NA1149Gardiner; John Stanley (1872 - 1946)1872 - 1946
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