Record

Reference numberMC/11/38
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [the Meteorological Committee], Meteorological Office, 116 Victoria Street, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society and to the Council
CreatorMeteorological Committee
Date31 March 1877
DescriptionRegarding the recommendations concluded from the report on the parliamentary grant for meteorology. Some of the senders were on the Treasury Committee or the Royal Society's Council. They agree to a modification of the current arrangement and send in their resignation from the Meteorological Committee.

The senders are Richard Strachey, William James Smythe, Warren de la Rue, Francis Galton, George Henry Richards, and Frederick John Owen Evans.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueMC/11/39
MC/11/40
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA2701Smythe; William James (1816 - 1887)1816 - 1887
NA3837Rue; Warren de la (1815 - 1889); chemist and astronomer1815 - 1889
NA7708Galton; Sir; Francis (1822 - 1911); statistician, human geneticist and eugenicist1822 - 1911
NA6282Richards; Sir; George Henry (1820 - 1896)1820 - 1896
NA2166Evans; Sir; Frederick John Owen (1815 - 1885)1815 - 1885
NA7983Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817 - 1911); botanist1817 - 1911
NA3799Strachey; Sir; Richard (1817 - 1908)1817 - 1908
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