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Appointment to Office

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Home Office to Ewart intimating his appointment as Professor of Natural History, University of Aberdeen, 06 December 1878

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/2/8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains certificates from Ewart's time as a medical student at the University of Edinburgh, letters of appointment to the professorships at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh and certificates of membership/fellowship to various societies, including the Royal Society.

Dates: 06 December 1878

Royal Commission of appointment of Ewart as Regius Professor of Natural History, University of Aberdeen, 09 December 1878

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/2/9
Scope and Contents

Commission bears Queen Victoria's signature on the letterhead and the royal seal.

Dates: 09 December 1878

Two letters to Ewart from Secretary of State, Home Department, regarding Ewart's appointment to Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh, 21 April 1882

 File
Identifier: Coll-14/2/12
Scope and Contents

Contains: a letter from the Home Office offering to suggest Ewart's name to the Queen for the post of Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh. This letter is enclosed in a letter of congratulation from Lord Roseberry at the Home Office.

Dates: 21 April 1882