Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Sir David Prain

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GB 0248 DC 002/14/381

Date(s)

22 March 1919

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letter

Name of creator

Prain | Sir | David | 1857-1944 | botanist and director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (England)

Scope and Content

Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Sir David Prain citing the 'second declaration' from members of German academia regarding their relationship with 'Prussian militarism'. He believes that 'German science was as heartily on for conquest as the German General Staff' and presumes that this has been issued as a response to a manifesto produced by some Britsh scientific and literary men which was itself a reply to the manifesto of the 'famous 93'. There are 3125 signatures, including Goebel. Prain does not think it worth bothering about German who are foreign members of various societies.

He thanks Bower for sending copies of his studies on the 'Phylogeny of the Filicales' and also informs Bower that he will be sending a list of names to both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

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Germany

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Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Sir David Prain
Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0248 DC 002/14/381
Date(s)	22 March 1919
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 letter
Name of creator	Prain \| Sir \| David \| 1857-1944 \| botanist and director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (England)
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Sir David Prain citing the 'second declaration' from members of German academia regarding their relationship with 'Prussian militarism'. He believes that 'German science was as heartily on for conquest as the German General Staff' and presumes that this has been issued as a response to a manifesto produced by some Britsh scientific and literary men which was itself a reply to the manifesto of the 'famous 93'. There are 3125 signatures, including Goebel. Prain does not think it worth bothering about German who are foreign members of various societies. He thanks Bower for sending copies of his studies on the 'Phylogeny of the Filicales' and also informs Bower that he will be sending a list of names to both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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Subjects	Civil-Military Relations Research Science
People	Bower \| Frederick Orpen \| 1855-1948 \| regius professor of botany, University of Glasgow Prain \| Sir \| David \| 1857-1944 \| botanist and director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (England)
Businesses and Organisations	Royal Society \| c1645-: \| scientific society \| London (England) Royal Society of Edinburgh \| 1783-: \| scientific society \| Edinburgh (Scotland)
Places	Germany
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