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Reference numberNLB/65/394
Alternative reference numberNLB/65 p214
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Honourable Sir Charles [Algernon] Parsons, KCB, FRS; also sent to Professor [Charles Glover] Barkla, Professor [Arthur Stanley] Eddington, Sir [William Henry] Bragg, Professor [Thomas Ralph] Merton, Professor [Jocelyn Field] Thorpe, Sir [Frederick William] Andrewes, Professor [Edwin Stephen] Goodrich, Sir [Thomas Henry] Holland and Sir [Frederick William] Keeble.
Date25 October 1923
DescriptionInforms the recipient that he has been proposed for nomination to the Council of the Royal Society for the coming year, and asks whether if he is elected he will be willing to serve.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA3128Parsons; Sir; Charles Algernon (1854 - 1931); engineer1854 - 1931
NA6031Barkla; Charles Glover (1877 - 1944)1877 - 1944
NA8211Eddington; Sir; Arthur Stanley (1882 - 1944); astrophysicist and theoretical physicist1882 - 1944
NA8140Bragg; Sir; William Henry (1862 - 1942); physicist1862 - 1942
NA8260Merton; Sir; Thomas Ralph (1888 - 1969)1888 - 1969
NA6170Thorpe; Sir; Jocelyn Field (1872 - 1940); chemist1872 - 1940
NA6145Andrewes; Sir; Frederick William (1859 - 1932)1859 - 1932
NA1398Goodrich; Edwin Stephen (1868 - 1946); zoologist1868 - 1946
NA6076Holland; Sir; Thomas Henry (1868 - 1947); geologist and civil servant1868 - 1947
NA1193Keeble; Sir; Frederick William (1870 - 1952)1870 - 1952
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