Correspondence of Frederick Orpen Bower, Dr EN Miles Thomas to R Zeiller

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The correspondence of Frederick Orpen Bower is arranged in alphabetical order. This subseries consists of correspondence with friends, colleagues and acquaintances from around the world.

Correspondence of Frederick Orpen Bower, Dr EN Miles Thomas to R Zeiller consists of:

• letters, Dr EN Miles Thomas to R Zeiller, and covers such topics as the refusal to reappoint Dr EN Miles Thomas as the head of department at Bedford College, research into the development of flowers, academic papers, John McLean Thompson's medical work during world war one and his unjust treatment at Alexandria Hospital, Cosham, the identification of ferns, fern specimens, examination dates at the University of Leeds, John Christopher Willis' papers and views which disprove the theory of natural selection and a draft letter from Bower to Christina Richardson regarding a visit he had by the police following the breaking of her window in North Berwick by a golf ball struck by his nephew. (17 July 1913-13 September 1916)

• Academic Papers
• Botany
• Criminal Investigation
• Darwin, Backlash to
• Darwinism
• Employment
• Examinations
• Ferns
• Flowers
• Medicine
• Natural Selection
• Plants, Collection and Preservation of
• Police
• Research
• World War, 1914-1918

• Bower | Frederick Orpen | 1855-1948 | regius professor of botany, University of Glasgow
• Thomas | EN | fl 1916 | head of botany, University of London, Bedford College
• Thompson | John McLean | 1887-1977 | professor of botany, University of Liverpool
• Willis | John Christopher | 1868-1958 | director of the botanic gardens, Rio de Janeiro
• Zeiller | R | fl1911-1920

• Bedford College | educational institution | Bedford (England)
• University of Leeds | 1904-: | university | Leeds (England)

• North Berwick (Scotland)
• Portsmouth (England)