Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from William Henry Lang

Item Summary

Reference Code

GB 0248 DC 002/14/519

Date(s)

20 April 1918

Extent and medium of the unit of description

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 regarding Sir Arthur George Tansley's 'Manifesto'. He feels that the approach taken has been distasteful but not worth spending valuable research time worrying about. He also points out the practical difficulties with large elementary classes. His opinion is that morphology and physiology are both part of teaching the living plant.

On other matters he refers to a trip he has taken to Stirling and a forthcoming one to London. He has received letters from Dukinfield Henry Scott and Albert Charles Seward following the award of the Royal Medal.

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Subjects

Awards
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 William Henry Lang
Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0248 DC 002/14/519
Date(s)	20 April 1918
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 regarding Sir Arthur George Tansley's 'Manifesto'. He feels that the approach taken has been distasteful but not worth spending valuable research time worrying about. He also points out the practical difficulties with large elementary classes. His opinion is that morphology and physiology are both part of teaching the living plant. On other matters he refers to a trip he has taken to Stirling and a forthcoming one to London. He has received letters from Dukinfield Henry Scott and Albert Charles Seward following the award of the Royal Medal.
Index
Subjects	Awards 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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