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Reference numberNLB/73/196
Alternative reference numberNLB/73 p97
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to A. D. C. Parsons Esq., SW1
Date19 February 1931
DescriptionInforms A. D. C. Parsons of the appointment of 5 Fellows to represent the Royal Society at the Memorial Service of Sir Charles Parsons at Westminster Abbey. Asks for admission tickets for these individuals. They are:
Sir Frederick Hopkins (President)
Sir Henry Lyons (Vice-President and Treasurer)
Lord Rayleigh [Robert John Strutt]
Sir Alfred Ewing
Prof. [William Whitehead] Watts
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueNLB/73/199
NLB/73/205
NLB/73/210
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA3128Parsons; Sir; Charles Algernon (1854 - 1931); engineer1854 - 1931
NA6168Hopkins; Sir; Frederick Gowland (1861 - 1947); biochemist1861 - 1947
NA6939Lyons; Sir; Henry George (1864 - 1944); geologist and museum director1864 - 1944
NA7877Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh; experimental physicist1875 - 1947
NA8053Ewing; Sir; James Alfred (1855 - 1935); engineer and cryptographer1855 - 1935
NA1328Watts; William Whitehead (1860 - 1947); geologist and educationist1860 - 1947
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