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RefNoCMB/40/1/5
LevelItem
TitleMinutes, meeting of the Grain Pests Committee
Date31 January 1917
DescriptionPresent: Sir Alfred Kempe, Treasurer of the Royal Society in the chair; Professor A Dendy FRS; Dr Gertrude Dixon; Mr J H Durrant; Mr J C Fryer; Professor Stanley Gardiner FRS; Mr W B Hardy Secretary of the Royal Society; Professor W R Herdman FRS; Professor R Newstead FRS; Mr Oswald Robinson

Lists committee business, including letters from the Royal Society of Canada, the Advisory Council of Science and Industry in Australia; a report on experiments on infected grain at Bedford College; a decision that 'the faunistic, bionomic, and developmental work be carried forward'; Dr Gertrude Dixon's resignation as secretary; a discussion on best lines of research; appointment of Miss Duvall as assistant should the application for a grant to the Council be successful; appointment of Mr Durrant as Deputy Chairman; appointment of Prof Dendy as a member of the Sub-Committee. p8-9.
Extent2pp
FormatPrinted
AccessStatusOpen
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