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RefNoNLB/71/710
AltRefNoNLB/71 p364
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Societ; to the Right Hon. Lord Hanworth [Ernest Pollock], K.B.E., 2 Lygon Place, SW1
Date10 October 1928
DescriptionReplies to an enquiry regarding Sir Frederick Pollock. States that the system for election was different to today in that there is currently a limit of Fellows elected annually to 15. Gives an extract to his election as being 'well versed in various Branches of Mathematics.' Informs that 10 papers were communicated by Pollock, although it is not known whether he personally read them.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordNLB/71/723
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