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Reference numberNLB/56/425
Alternative reference numberNLB/56 p248
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Joseph [John] Thomson, President of the Royal Society
Date10 February 1919
DescriptionEncloses a letter from Roger Smith regarding the death of [George] Carey Foster [not enclosed]. Asks Sir Joseph [John] Thomson what steps he would like to take to ensure the Society is represented at the funeral. Notes the names of Fellows that live nearby to where the funeral is taking place, including William [Augustus] Tilden, M. [Micaiah] J. [John] M. [Muller] Hill and Karl Pearson.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6503Tilden; Sir; William Augustus (1842 - 1926)1842 - 1926
NA1375Hill; Micaiah John Muller (1856 - 1929); mathematician1856 - 1929
NA8002Pearson; Karl (1857 - 1936); statistician and eugenicist1857 - 1936
NA6347Foster; George Carey (1835 - 1919); chemist and physicist1835 - 1919
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