NAHSTE: Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Dukinfield Henry Scott

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Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Dukinfield Henry Scott
Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0248 DC 002/14/518
Date(s)	02 April 1918
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 letter
Name of creator	Scott \| Dukinfield Henry \| 1854-1934 \| president of the Linnean Society
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Dukinfield Henry Scott regarding the arguments being put forward by Sir Arthur George Tansley and Francis Wall Oliver. He sees it as something of a 'fashion in science', to which he objects. He believes physiology to be a subject for the advanced and not the elementary student.
Index
Subjects	Botany Morphology Physiology Professional Criticism Teaching
People	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 Tansley \| Sir \| Arthur George \| 1871-1955 \| plant ecologist
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Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Dukinfield Henry Scott