| Reference number | NLB/15/272 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/15 p162 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Michael Foster and Arthur William Rucker, to William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, Professor Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Professor George Howard Darwin, Richard Tetley Glazebrook, Professor Edwin Ray Lankester, Sir Archibald Geikie, Fellows of the Royal Society |
| Date | 24 July 1897 |
| Description | The President and Council have under consideration the interpretation of Standing Order 11, as to the point whether the phrase 'Suggestions touching the branch of Natural Knowledge' is to include suggestions relating to candidates for election, or to nominations for Foreign Membership or for Medals. It has been decided that it is not intended to include these matters.
The particular matter of the selection of candidates for election as home or Foreign Members is one in respect to which any action of the Committees in the way of making suggestions is attended with so many difficulties that the safest plan seems to be not to include this in the functions assigned to them. This decision has been arrived at simply on the grounds of general policy. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Physical description | Typescript and manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8220 | Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist | 1836 - 1907 |
| NA6673 | Rücker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915); physicist | 1848 - 1915 |
| NA7968 | Thiselton-Dyer; Sir; William Turner (1843 - 1928); botanist | 1843 - 1928 |
| NA8017 | Sharpey-Schafer; Sir; Edward Albert (1850 - 1935) | 1850 - 1935 |
| NA8198 | Darwin; Sir; George Howard (1845 - 1912); mathematician and geophysicist | 1845 - 1912 |
| NA8225 | Glazebrook; Sir; Richard Tetley (1854 - 1935) | 1854 - 1935 |
| NA8247 | Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929); zoologist | 1847 - 1929 |
| NA6174 | Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924); geologist and historian | 1835 - 1924 |