Reference number | NLB/18/267 |
Alternative reference number | NLB/18 p147 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lord Rayleigh, Fellow of the Royal Society |
Date | 15 February 1899 |
Description | Has read through the Charters and found no reference to the question of the nationality of Fellows excepting the case of privileged Fellows. In the early times of the [Royal] Society no restriction was placed on the election of foreigners as ordinary Fellows. Later on Foreign Fellows were regulated by state and there is a fairly full account of the history in the Record (pp 106-108). From this it appears that Foreigners are not competent for election except as Foreign members when the special procedure provided that they are resident of the Queen's dominions. |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Carbon |
Physical description | Manucript |
Access status | Open |