Correspondence concerning the appointment of Agnes Arber as President of Section K of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for a meeting in Edinburgh: Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Albert Charles Seward

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Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Albert Charles Seward in which he informs Bower that he'd had a letter from Francis Wall Oliver asking if there was anything which could be done to persuade Agnes Arber to withdraw her resignation. He states that he told Oliver that he was between the devil and the deep sea but that he thought he acted in the right way. He informs Bower that he cannot take any further action and has no intention of discussing it with Miss Saunders. He suggests that William Bateson might be a good man to approach as he is on the council but adds that he is not sure whether Bateson is well enough to attend council. He remarks that he is curious to see whether Dukinfield Henry Scott agrees with Oliver and thanks Bower for his address on stele.

• Academic Disputes
• Botanists
• Botany
• Feminism
• Ferns
• Male Dominance
• Meetings
• Nominations for Office
• Professional Associations
• Professional Criticism
• Professional Honours
• Professional Interaction
• Resignation from Office
• Stele (Botany)
• Women in Science

• Arber | Agnes | 1879-1960 | nee Robertson | researcher in plant anatomy, Newnham College Cambridge
• Bower | Frederick Orpen | 1855-1948 | regius professor of botany, University of Glasgow
• Oliver | Francis Wall | 1864-1951 | Quain professor of botany, University College London
• Scott | Dukinfield Henry | 1854-1934 | president of the Linnean Society
• Seward | Albert Charles | 1863-1941 | professor of botany, University of Cambridge

• British Association for the Advancement of Science | 1831-: | scientific society | London (England)

• Edinburgh (Scotland)