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Letter from [William Dickson] Lang to [Archibald Vivian] Hill, regarding a paper 'The phylogeny of the ammonite family Liparoceratidae' by [Leonard Frank] Spath

Reference number: RR/W/5/38

Date: 05 May 1937

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Paper reference code: B.117

Apologises for delay in replying. Regrets to ask to withdraw the paper. Asks whether Referee C [Herbert Leader Hawkins] would be willing to have a discussion about the comments. Argues that Referee B [Ernest William MacBride] 'has failed to understand the point'.

[Not published].

Received 6 May 1937

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RR/W/5/38
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05 May 1937
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Typescript

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Herbert Leader Hawkins

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Ernest William MacBride

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Herbert Leader Hawkins, Ernest William MacBride, Letter from [William Dickson] Lang to [Archibald Vivian] Hill, regarding a paper 'The phylogeny of the ammonite family Liparoceratidae' by [Leonard Frank] Spath, 05 May 1937, RR/W/5/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_5_38/letter-from-william-dickson-lang-to-archibald-vivian-hill-regarding-a-paper-the-phylogeny-of-the-ammonite-family-liparoceratidae-by-leonard-frank-spath, accessed on 14 June 2026

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