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Reference numberNLB/50/783
Alternative reference numberNLB/50 p474
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Arthur Schuster, to The Deputy Master of the Mint
Date5 November 1914
DescriptionInstructs them to strike off the Royal Society's Copley, Rumford, Royal, Davy, Darwin and Hughes medals. They are to be awarded to: Sir Joseph John Thomson for the Copley, Lord Rayleigh for the Rumford, Professor Ernest William Brown and Professor William Johnson Sollas for the Royal, Professor Edward Bagnall poulton for the Darwin, and Professor John Sealy Townsend for the Hughes. Where medals are gold duplicates of silver are required.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Physical descriptionTypescript and manuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6483Schuster; Sir; Arthur (1851 - 1934); physicist1851 - 1934
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