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Reference numberNLB/66/182
Alternative reference numberNLB/66 p103
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Francis Wall] Oliver FRS
Date10 March 1924
DescriptionStates regret that Oliver will be unable to attend the British Association Conference on Historical and Scientific Sites and that the Royal Society will have to be unrepresented. States that both [David] Prain and Dr. [Alfred Barton] Rendle both represents other societies and are also unable to attend, and no one else could be approached, so the decision was taken by [Francis Alexander] Towle, Prain and [William Bate] Hardy not to send a representative.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueNLB/66/108
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1753Oliver; Francis Wall (1864 - 1951); palaeobotanist and ecologist1864 - 1951
NA8273Prain; Sir; David (1857 - 1944); botanist1857 - 1944
NA5800Rendle; Alfred Barton (1865 - 1938)1865 - 1938
NA8234Hardy; Sir; William Bate (1864 - 1934); biologist and food scientist1864 - 1934
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