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RefNoMDA/C/18/1/5
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William Robert Fearon, Foswell, Auchterarder, Perthshire, to the Assistant Secretary, the Royal Society, London
Date5 July 1920
DescriptionRequesting that his name be submitted as a candidate for re-election to a Mackinnon Studentship. He encloses a short account of his work so far. One paper is awaiting publication and two more short chemical papers will soon be ready. A portion of his work on Tryptophane was accepted by Cambridge University as qualifying for a research B.A. Work on cyanic acid and ureas has proved to be more fruitful than anticipated and he submits the names of Frederick Gowland Hopkins and E.A. Werner as references.
Extent1p.
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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