‘Pearls Before Swine’: Sir William Dawson’s Bakerian Lecture of 1870

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‘Pearls Before Swine’: Sir William Dawson’s Bakerian Lecture of 1870
Abstract
Examines the reasons behind the Royal Society of London’s refusal to publish the Bakerian Lecutre of 1870 on pre-Carboniferous flora of northeastern North America by John William Dawson (1820-1899), Principal of McGill University.
Publication
Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London
Volume
Vol. 45
Issue
no. 2
Pages
177-191
Date
1991
Language
en
Citation
Sheets-Pyenson, Susan. “‘Pearls Before Swine’: Sir William Dawson’s Bakerian Lecture of 1870.” Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London Vol. 45, no. 2 (1991): 177–191.
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