NAHSTE: Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Sir Arthur George Tansley

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Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Sir Arthur George Tansley
Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0248 DC 002/14/515
Date(s)	02 February 1918
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 letter
Name of creator	Tansley \| Sir \| Arthur George \| 1871-1955 \| plant ecologist
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Sir Arthur George Tansley in reply to Bower's regarding Tansley's 'Manifesto'. Tansley stresses that the essence of the case he is putting forward is that 'the centre of interest in elementary teaching is wrong'. He is appreciative of Bower's contributions to botany, including the teaching of physiology and the splitting of botany in 1894-1895.
Index
Subjects	Botany Morphology Physiology Professional Criticism Teaching
People	Bower \| Frederick Orpen \| 1855-1948 \| regius professor of botany, University of Glasgow Tansley \| Sir \| Arthur George \| 1871-1955 \| plant ecologist
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Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Sir Arthur George Tansley