Letter from Archibald Geikie to Dr W N [William Napier] Shaw
Reference number: MS/591/4/7
Date: 23 October 1908
Description
Geikie encloses a letter from Captain [Robert Falcon] Scott [concerning errors in the preface of the Meteorological Volume]. It has been considered by the officers of the Royal Society who would like Shaw's thoughts about it.
- Reference number
- MS/591/4/7
- Earliest possible date
- 23 October 1908
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Archibald Geikie, Letter from Archibald Geikie to Dr W N [William Napier] Shaw, 23 October 1908, MS/591/4/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_591_4_7/letter-from-archibald-geikie-to-dr-w-n-william-napier-shaw, accessed on 11 August 2026
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Manuscripts General
Reference number: MS -
Papers connected to the British National Antarctic Expedition 'Discovery' retained by the Royal Society
1902-1913 Reference number: MS/591 -
Correspondence retained by Sir Archibald Geikie relating to Robert Falcon Scott's complaints about the published Meteorological Volume
7 April 1908-12 November 1908 Reference number: MS/591/4
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Archibald Geikie
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William Napier Shaw
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Dates: 1551 - 1951
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