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RefNoRR/10/69
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Edwin Ray Lankester, to the Secretaries of the Royal Society, regarding a paper 'On the morphology of birds' by William Kitchen Parker
Date27 March 1887
DescriptionHas undertaken the unpleasant task of refereeing the paper. Asks that his report remain confidential and limited to the members of the Committee. Has personal regard for William Kitchen Parker and does 'not wish to appear as the special instrument of pain to him - unless it is necessary - which it appears to me it is not'.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1887]
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0015 Vol.42 1887
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8247Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929)1847 - 1929
NA6176Parker; William Kitchen (1823 - 1890)1823 - 1890
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