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RefNoMC/20/113
AltRefNoMC.05113
LevelItem
TitleMemoranda from [Robert William Frederick Harrison], to Professor [Joseph] Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society
CreatorHarrison; Robert William Frederick (1858-1945); Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society
Date9 October 1905
DescriptionRegaring 'medal claims'. Harrison informs that Professor Righi's name was not put forward for the Rumford Medal in 1903, when i was awarded to Mr Parsons, however there was a printed statement about Sir [Arthur] Rucker's name being 'drawn up in 1898'. Refers to Larmor's proposal of Righi for the Hughes Medal, and Professor Mendeleef for the Copley Medal.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7894Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); physicist1857 - 1942
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