| Reference number | MM/14/88 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from F W Oliver, Dar el Nabati, to EJ Russell |
| Date | 3 October 1942 |
| Description | Letter includes details on dust-storms, such as the manurial value of dust.
With typed copy.
"From 1929 until 1935 Oliver was professor at Cairo University. In the latter year he went to live on the edge of the desert and studied the changing aspects of its vegetation. He returned finally to England in 1950". (From the Oxford Dictonary of National Biography). |
| Extent | 3 sides |
| Format | Manuscript and typescript documents |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1753 | Oliver; Francis Wall (1864 - 1951); palaeobotanist and ecologist | 1864 - 1951 |
| NA1731 | Russell; Sir; Edward John (1872 - 1965) | 1872 - 1965 |