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 William Henry Lang

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GB 0248 DC 002/14/5

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17 January 1940

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letter

Name of creator

Lang | William Henry | 1874-1960 | professor of natural history, University of Manchester

Scope and Content

Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from William Henry Lang thanking him for sending his address to the Edinburgh Royal Society which he read with great interest. He agrees with Bower's position on the appointment of Agnes Arber as President of Section K of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and informs Bower that he and Frederick Ernest Weiss had already critically discussed it. They too believe it would be a fatal selection for Edinburgh but appreciate the work of Agnes Arber. He tells Bower that they had discussed suggesting some of the young botanists who had not already been President for the post, such as Vernon Herbert Blackman, Sir Arthur George Tansley and Richard Henry Yapp. They had also discussed Helen Gwynne-Vaughan but decided that it would not be a good idea to have two women presidents in a row. He states that the matter needs great tact and agrees with Bower that younger botanists should be passed over for a more senior person so that Agnes Arber does not feel slighted and states that his preference would be for Dukinfield Henry Scott.

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

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Edinburgh (Scotland)

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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 William Henry Lang
Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0248 DC 002/14/5
Date(s)	17 January 1940
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 letter
Name of creator	Lang \| William Henry \| 1874-1960 \| professor of natural history, University of Manchester
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from William Henry Lang thanking him for sending his address to the Edinburgh Royal Society which he read with great interest. He agrees with Bower's position on the appointment of Agnes Arber as President of Section K of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and informs Bower that he and Frederick Ernest Weiss had already critically discussed it. They too believe it would be a fatal selection for Edinburgh but appreciate the work of Agnes Arber. He tells Bower that they had discussed suggesting some of the young botanists who had not already been President for the post, such as Vernon Herbert Blackman, Sir Arthur George Tansley and Richard Henry Yapp. They had also discussed Helen Gwynne-Vaughan but decided that it would not be a good idea to have two women presidents in a row. He states that the matter needs great tact and agrees with Bower that younger botanists should be passed over for a more senior person so that Agnes Arber does not feel slighted and states that his preference would be for Dukinfield Henry Scott.
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Subjects	Academic Disputes Botanists Botany Male Dominance Meetings Nominations for Office Professional Associations Professional Criticism Professional Honours Professional Interaction Women in Science
People	Arber \| Agnes \| 1879-1960 \| nee Robertson \| researcher in plant anatomy, Newnham College Cambridge Blackman \| VH \| fl1916 \| botanist Bower \| Frederick Orpen \| 1855-1948 \| regius professor of botany, University of Glasgow Gwynne-Vaughan \| Helen Charlotte Isabella \| 1879-1967 \| nee Fraser \| botanist and wife of David Thomas Gwynne-Vaughan Lang \| William Henry \| 1874-1960 \| professor of natural history, University of Manchester Scott \| Dukinfield Henry \| 1854-1934 \| president of the Linnean Society Tansley \| Sir \| Arthur George \| 1871-1955 \| plant ecologist Weiss \| Frederick Ernest \| 1865-1953 \| botanist Yapp \| Richard Henry \| 1871-1929 \| botanist
Businesses and Organisations	British Association for the Advancement of Science \| 1831-: \| scientific society \| London (England)
Places	Edinburgh (Scotland)
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