Special Minute from the Senatus concerning Ewart's retirement, with accompanying letters, 04 November 1927
File
Identifier: Coll-14/2/23
Scope and Contents
The Special Minute consists of a citation by William Fleming expressing the Senatus' 'cordial good wishes...[and] hope that he may in good health and vigour continue his work in Natural History.' The Minute is accompanied by a letter from Fleming to Ewart, and a handwritten draft of Ewart's reply, in which he states that 'it is a source of great gratification to me to know that there is now a well equipped Department of Animal Breeding with a Chair of Animal Genetics in our University.'
Dates
- Creation: 04 November 1927
Creator
- From the Fonds: Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open.
Full Extent
4 Leaves
Physical Location
CLX-A-1129
Subject
- Fleming, William Arnot, b1879 (secretary to the University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture, Department of Research in Animal Breeding. Department of Research in Animal Breeding (1919-1930) (Organization)
- University of Edinburgh. Senatus Academicus (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk