Reference number | RR/10/69 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from Edwin Ray Lankester, to the Secretaries of the Royal Society, regarding a paper 'On the morphology of birds' by William Kitchen Parker |
Date | 27 March 1887 |
Description | Has undertaken the unpleasant task of refereeing the paper. Asks that his report remain confidential and limited to the members of the Committee. Has personal regard for William Kitchen Parker and does 'not wish to appear as the special instrument of pain to him - unless it is necessary - which it appears to me it is not'.
Subject: Zoology, Physiology
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1887] |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Letter on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0015 Vol.42 1887 |
Related records in the catalogue | RR/10/66 |
RR/10/67 |
RR/10/68 |
AP/64/12 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8247 | Lankester; Sir; Edwin Ray (1847 - 1929); zoologist | 1847 - 1929 |
NA6176 | Parker; William Kitchen (1823 - 1890) | 1823 - 1890 |