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Copy letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society to Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, regarding a paper 'The phylogeny of the ammonite family Liparoceratidae' by [Leonard Frank] Spath

Reference number: RR/W/5/40

Date: 07 May 1937

Description

Paper reference code: B.117

Sends [William Dickson] Lang's letter [see RR/W/5/38]. Asks Woodward's opinion on whether [Herbert Leader] Hawkins should be asked to discuss his comments with Lang, or whether 'arguing further about [Ernest William] MacBride's report' is worthwhile. Speculates that neither should occur.

[Not published].

Reference number
RR/W/5/40
Earliest possible date
07 May 1937
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Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Carbon

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David Meredith Seares Watson

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Ernest William MacBride

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Herbert Leader Hawkins

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David Meredith Seares Watson, Ernest William MacBride, Herbert Leader Hawkins, Copy letter from the Secretary of the Royal Society to Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, regarding a paper 'The phylogeny of the ammonite family Liparoceratidae' by [Leonard Frank] Spath, 07 May 1937, RR/W/5/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_5_40/copy-letter-from-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society-to-sir-arthur-smith-woodward-regarding-a-paper-the-phylogeny-of-the-ammonite-family-liparoceratidae-by-leonard-frank-spath, accessed on 10 December 2025

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