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Referee's report by Peter Martin Duncan, on a paper 'On the structure and development of the skull of the common frog' by William Kitchen Parker

Reference number: RR/7/131

Date: 24 February 1871

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a 'long and most elaborate communication, written with the ability and genius so very characteristic of the author'.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1871].

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RR/7/131
Earliest possible date
24 February 1871
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Peter Martin Duncan

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Peter Martin Duncan, Referee's report by Peter Martin Duncan, on a paper 'On the structure and development of the skull of the common frog' by William Kitchen Parker, 24 February 1871, RR/7/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_131/referees-report-by-peter-martin-duncan-on-a-paper-on-the-structure-and-development-of-the-skull-of-the-common-frog-by-william-kitchen-parker, accessed on 20 January 2026

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