Record

RefNoACS/1/2/3/681
AltRefNo874
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton, to [Professor] D'Arcy [Wentworth] Thompson, C. B., F. R. S., 44 South Street, St. Andrews
CreatorSwinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863-1930); British electrical engineer
Date24 November 1928
DescriptionThanks for Thompson's kind congratulations on his nomination to the Council of the Royal Society, and for sending an article by Blaikie, commenting he has never come across him. Mentions he is sending it on to Archbishop Davidson as he and his wife are likely to find it interesting. Comments that his father did not attend the Edinburgh Academy and mentions that his uncle, James Swinton, was educated at the Academy.
Extent2p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8285Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer1863 - 1930
NA6267Thompson; Sir; D'Arcy Wentworth (1860 - 1948); naturalist; mathematician1860 - 1948
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