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Reference numberNLB/9/877
Alternative reference numberNLB/9 p446
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to W Graham Greene, Admiralty, Whitstable
Date24 July 1894
DescriptionRix notes that it was agreed that if the proposed interview was granted, eleven people should represent the Royal Society: Lord Kelvin [William Thomson], Sir John Evans, Professor Michael Foster, Lord Rayleigh, Sir Joseph Lister, Sir William Flower, Sir Joseph Hooker, Sir John Kirk, Sir John Lubbock, Sir George Richards, and Professor Rucker. He will telegraph these men, and hopes that they will be able to attend.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; mathematician and physicist1824 - 1907
NA8069Lister; Joseph (1827 - 1912); 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis; surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery1827 - 1912
NA5526Flower; Sir; William Henry (1831 - 1899)1831 - 1899
NA7983Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817 - 1911); botanist1817 - 1911
NA6270Kirk; Sir; John (1832 - 1922)1832 - 1922
NA5949Lubbock; John (1834 - 1913); 1st Baron Avebury1834 - 1913
NA6282Richards; Sir; George Henry (1820 - 1896)1820 - 1896
NA6673Rücker; Sir; Arthur William (1848 - 1915); physicist1848 - 1915
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist1842 - 1919
NA1686Evans; Sir; John (1823 - 1908)1823 - 1908
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