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RefNoNLB/72/445
AltRefNoNLB/72 p236
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Ernest William] MacBride, FRS
Date25 October 1929
DescriptionLetter begins, 'More trouble with the Eugenics Society!!' Informs Professor [Ernest William] MacBride that the Eugenics Society are advertising that tea can be purchased at the Royal Society, and complains that 'this is not a tea-shop'. Tells MacBride that 'any reference on a public notice that tea can be purchased at the room of the Royal Society must be suppressed'.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6369MacBride; Ernest William (1866 - 1940); marine biologist and eugenicist1866 - 1940
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