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Letter from [William Robin] Thompson to Sir Henry [Hallett] Dale, regarding a paper 'Variation in wings of Plecoptera' by [Arthur] Willey

Reference number: RR/W/3/8

Date: 17 October 1935

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Paper reference code: B.60

Does not recommend the paper for publication in the Proceedings [of the Royal Society] or Transactions [Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]. Describes the content as 'little more than a detailed description'. Explains it is best suited to an entomological journal, but is unconvinced the paper would be accepted by the Entomological Society of London. Acknowledges that the other referees [Harry Eltringham and Augustus Daniel Imms] have reviewed the paper more positively, but restates the argument that it is not of the required quality.

[Not published in Royal Society journals but likely reworked as article published in Nature, volume 140, pp.112-113, 1937].

Received 19 October 1935

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RR/W/3/8
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17 October 1935
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William Robin Thompson

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William Robin Thompson, Letter from [William Robin] Thompson to Sir Henry [Hallett] Dale, regarding a paper 'Variation in wings of Plecoptera' by [Arthur] Willey, 17 October 1935, RR/W/3/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_3_8/letter-from-william-robin-thompson-to-sir-henry-hallett-dale-regarding-a-paper-variation-in-wings-of-plecoptera-by-arthur-willey, accessed on 10 September 2026

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