Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from T Anderson

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GB 0248 DC 002/14/2

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27 December 1917

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letter

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Anderson | T | fl 1917

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Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from T Anderson concerning possible job opportunities for Donald Patton. He states that there is unlikely to be any suitable openings at the Board of Agriculture for Scotland as Inspectorships there have been reserved for men with agricultural degrees but that the new plant registration and seed testing station and proposed national plant breeding station may provide opportunities. He expresses the need to establish intensive courses leading to degrees or diplomas in biology as it is applied to agricultural science, developments in Britain and abroad such as Sweden, Denmark, the United States and Canada, have highlighted this need. He believes that current agricultural courses do not provide enough training in applied botany, mycology, plant genetics and entomology and he states that he hopes Bower would support any proposals of this nature if laid before the senate of the University of Glasgow.

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Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from T Anderson
Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0248 DC 002/14/2
Date(s)	27 December 1917
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 letter
Name of creator	Anderson \| T \| fl 1917
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from T Anderson concerning possible job opportunities for Donald Patton. He states that there is unlikely to be any suitable openings at the Board of Agriculture for Scotland as Inspectorships there have been reserved for men with agricultural degrees but that the new plant registration and seed testing station and proposed national plant breeding station may provide opportunities. He expresses the need to establish intensive courses leading to degrees or diplomas in biology as it is applied to agricultural science, developments in Britain and abroad such as Sweden, Denmark, the United States and Canada, have highlighted this need. He believes that current agricultural courses do not provide enough training in applied botany, mycology, plant genetics and entomology and he states that he hopes Bower would support any proposals of this nature if laid before the senate of the University of Glasgow.
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Subjects	Agriculture Biology Botany Botany, Applied Botany, Economic Degrees, Academic Degree Courses Education Entomology Job Vacancies Plant Genetics Morphology Professional Interaction
People	Anderson \| T \| fl 1917 Bower \| Frederick Orpen \| 1855-1948 \| regius professor of botany, University of Glasgow Patton \| Donald \| fl1917 \|
Businesses and Organisations	Board of Agriculture for Scotland \| government department \| Scotland National Plant Breeding Station \| scientific institution Plant Registration and Seed Testing Station \| scientific institution
Places	Canada Denmark Great Britain Sweden United States
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