| RefNo | RSC/5/9/18 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from S F [Sidney Frederic] Harmer, 30 Courtfield Gardens, to [Henry Capel Lofft] Holden |
| Creator | Harmer; Sir Sidney Frederic (1862-1950); British zoologist |
| Recipient | Holden; Sir Henry Capel Lofft (1856-1937); British army officer and automotive engineer |
| Date | 27 April 1923 |
| Description | Harmer is going abroad to Madeira for five weeks or so and [William Henry] Bragg has consented to take the meetings of the Royal Society Club on 10 and 31 May. He hopes that the absence will not be inconvenient. When he returns it will be necessary to give notice of the matter to bring up at the Annual Meeting: the policy of the Club if future Bakerian or Croonian Lecturers are women. He leaves this in Holden's hands, thinking that rule XVI should be interpreted literally, in that if the Lecturers are women, they should be invited to dine. The Treasurers should submit the proposal without expressing their own views. It would be undesirable to propose that other guests might be women; they have no mandate to raise the issue and 'it would hardly be worth while to suggest so startling an innovation'. He is sure that a number would be opposed to it. |
| Extent | 4p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6126 | Harmer; Sir; Sidney Frederic (1862 - 1950); zoologist | 1862 - 1950 |