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Letter from Lionel Smith Beale, to William Sharpey, regarding a paper 'On the formation of 'cells' in animal bodies' by E Montgomery

Reference number: RR/6/193

Date: 19 January 1867

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Requests that the paper be referred to someone else, as he considers himself biased, and could not review impartially. The author would 'regard [the referee] as one of his strongest opponents'.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Reference number
RR/6/193
Earliest possible date
19 January 1867
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from Lionel Smith Beale, to William Sharpey, regarding a paper 'On the formation of 'cells' in animal bodies' by E Montgomery, 19 January 1867, RR/6/193, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_193/letter-from-lionel-smith-beale-to-william-sharpey-regarding-a-paper-on-the-formation-of-cells-in-animal-bodies-by-e-montgomery, accessed on 14 May 2026

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