Identity area
Reference code
Glover/A/A1/6/2/152
Unique identifier
GB 275 Glover/A/A1/6/2/152
Title
ALS to T. R. Glover from New Jersey
Date(s)
- 23 Feb. 1920 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 p. paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1855-1941)
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Congratulates Glover on his election to the office of Public Orator. Complains of the manoveuring taking place over appointing a Professor in Anatomy at Cambridge University. Indicates that Duckworth is available and has worked in the Anatomy School for years but those involved wish to appoint Elliott Smith and try to head hunt him from London. Deplores that Pigou, who he describes as a 'long haired little draft shirker', was appointed over Foxwell, and 'that ass Stanley Gardener' before Shipley. Mentions Ross, and Kelman.