Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Vice President of the Royal Society; to Professor Sydney John Hickson, FRS; Ellesmere House, Withington, Manchester Asks if Professor Syndey John Hickson will hold himself in readiness to deliver the Croonian lecture this year at short notice. Explains that the Council had appointed Professor [Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent] Bordet to fulfill this, but with Professor Bordet taking up residence in Belgium it is proving near impossible to reach him. 7 March 1916