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RefNoMS/603/4/15
Previous numbers604
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Arch [Archibald] Geikie, Shepherd's Down, Haslemere, Surrey, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorGeikie; Sir Archibald (1835-1924); British geologist and historian
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date20 March 1914
DescriptionHe asks if Larmor could suggest any Cambridge man who might be able to undertake the Munro Lectureship on Archaeology at Edinburgh University, with ten lectures at a fee of £200. He asks if [William] Ridgeway or Rivers might be possibles. He concludes with a joke about 'an Athenaeum bore', a cart of monkeys, and a policemen.
Extent3p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6174Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924); geologist and historian1835 - 1924
NA7894Larmor; Sir; Joseph (1857 - 1942); theoretical physicist1857 - 1942
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