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Reference code
GB 891 WA-WA/7-WA/7/6
Title
Letter from Peter Skelton to W.E.D. Allen, 24 January 1961
Date(s)
- 24th Jan 1961 (Creation)
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Context area
Name of creator
(1906-1970)
Biographical history
Raleigh Ashlin (Peter) Skelton was born in 1906 in Plymouth. He served as the Assistant Keeper of the Department of Printed Books of the British Museum from 1931 to 1953, with a break for military service from 1939 to 1945, and as Deputy Keeper from 1953… read more
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Scope and content
Letter from Peter Skelton to W.E.D. Allen in which he writes that the Council of the Hakluyt Society would like Allen to accept their nomination to a vacancy on the Council at the Annual General Meeting. The Council meets four times a year and even if… read more
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Language of material
- English