| Reference number | NLB/57/656 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/57p376 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Sir James Hopwood Jeans, FRS, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir David Prain, Treasurer of the Royal Society, FRS, IMS, CMG |
| Date | 7 January 1920 |
| Description | The President of the Royal Society [Sir Joseph John Thomson, PRS] wrote to the Prince of Wales [Edward VIII] asking him for a date for his admittance into the Royal Society, and he has responded with 22 January 3.30pm. The President, [Sir William Bate] Hardy, FRS, [Secretary of the Royal Society] and Sir James Hopwood Jeans, FRS, think it best to call a special meeting of the Royal Society on the 22 January at 3.30, moving the Council meeting to the morning. Requests Sir David Prain contact them by the following day if he has any objection. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8288 | Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist | 1856 - 1940 |
| NA8273 | Prain; Sir; David (1857 - 1944); botanist | 1857 - 1944 |
| NA1226 | Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician | 1877 - 1946 |
| NA8234 | Hardy; Sir; William Bate (1864 - 1934); biologist and food scientist | 1864 - 1934 |
| NA5908 | Edward VIII (1894 - 1972); King of Great Britain Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the seas Emperor of India | 1894 - 1972 |