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RefNoACS/1/3/5/25
AltRefNo87915
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Percy Fitzpatrick] Rowell, Secretary, The Institution of Electrical Engineers, Savoy Place, Victoria Embankment, London, W. C. 2., to [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton, F. R. S., 40 Chester Square, S. W. 1.
CreatorRowell; Percy Fitzpatrick (1874-1940); Secretary of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Date18 February 1929
DescriptionEncloses a copy of a letter he received from Mr Evershed, who shares opinions with Swinton in relation to the suggestion that Mr Wal Paget should be approved for the [Joseph Wilson] Swan portrait, which Sir Charles Parsons is presenting [enclosure present]. Informs he will be writing to Colonel Morcon to obtain information about Mr Paget. Notifies that the matter of Mr Atkinson's suggestion of two potential artists for the portrait of [James] Clerk Maxwell, necessitates a meeting of the Selection Sub-Committee.
Extent2p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8259Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist1831 - 1879
NA5291Swan; Sir; Joseph Wilson (1828 - 1914); chemist and inventor1828 - 1914
NA8285Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer1863 - 1930
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