Letter from Ettrick W Creak, 9 Henry Road, Blackheath, to A B [Alfred Bray] Kempe

Reference number: MS/547/5/61

Date: 09 July 1901

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Is unable to attend the dinner at the Athenaeum, as he is leaving London with his daugher on Friday evening. He would still like his name to appear on the list of Joint Committee members entertaining the officers and scientific staff of the Antarctic ship 'Discovery' at the dinner.

Reference number: MS/547/5/61
Earliest possible date: 09 July 1901
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Ettrick William Creak

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Ettrick William Creak, Letter from Ettrick W Creak, 9 Henry Road, Blackheath, to A B [Alfred Bray] Kempe, 09 July 1901, MS/547/5/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_547_5_61/letter-from-ettrick-w-creak-9-henry-road-blackheath-to-a-b-alfred-bray-kempe, accessed on 13 August 2026

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Manuscripts General
Reference number: MS
Papers belonging to Alfred Bray Kempe relating to the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904
1898-1904 Creator: Alfred Bray Kempe Reference number: MS/547
Correspondence with Alfred Bray Kempe concerning the National Antarctic Expedition, 1901
1901 Reference number: MS/547/5

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Alfred Bray Kempe
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Ettrick William Creak
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Science in the Making presents selected items from the 'Manuscripts General' series, notably astronomical observations, investigations of discrete topics, and indices and registers of papers read before the Royal Society.

Dates: 1551 - 1951

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