Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 27 December 1915
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/28
Scope and Contents
Turner grieves to hear of the death of Darbishire, who he describes as 'a man of scientific worth and promise'. He is concerned to hear of the appearance of cerebro-spinal fever in a military camp.
Dates
- Creation: 27 December 1915
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open.
Biographical / Historical
Arthur Dukinfield Darbishire, Lecturer in Genetics at the University of Edinburgh since 1911, died of cerebrospinal meningitis in a Scottish military training camp on 26 December 1915.
Full Extent
From the Series: 4 boxes
Physical Location
CLX-A-1138
Physical Description
1 leaf
Cultural context
Topical
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