| Reference number | RR/15/370 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by William Burnside, on a paper 'Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution. XI. On the influence of natural selection on the variability and correlation of organs' by Karl Pearson |
| Date | February 1902 |
| Description | Sectional Committee: Mathematics
He declines to act as a referee as he is 'quite unable to understand it'. He has explained this at greater length in the accompanying letter to the Chairman of the Mathematical Committee [not attached].
[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1903]. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Standardised form (type A) |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1903.0001 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/15/369 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6254 | Burnside; William (1852 - 1927) | 1852 - 1927 |
| NA8002 | Pearson; Karl (1857 - 1936); statistician and eugenicist | 1857 - 1936 |