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Add. MS b/36/2
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Copy letter from Alfred C. Haddon to J. G. Frazer
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- c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)
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Royal College of Science, Dublin. Dated Oct. 25, 1899 - Describes in detail his diappointment on his return from his expedition to the Torres Strait, that the Department of Physical Anthropology has taken a medical turn, mentioning [Alexander] Macalister, [Wynfrid] Duckworth, [J. N.] Langley, Michael Foster; his prospects 'were never so unpromising for the last twenty years as they are at this present moment'.
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The original letter is housed as Add.Ms.c.58/1.
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- Haddon, Alfred Cort (1855-1940) anthropologist (Subject)
- Duckworth, Wynfrid Laurence Henry (1870–1956) anatomist (Subject)
- Foster, Sir Michael (1836-1907), knight, physiologist and politician (Subject)
- Langley, John Newport (1852-1925) physiologist (Subject)
- Macalister, Alexander (1844-1919) anatomist (Subject)