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Box NRI2/9/5/47

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Photocopy of a letter from Hugh Platt to Robert Boyd with a photocopy title page of 'Science and Civilisation in China' Volume 1 signed by Joseph Needham, 2008-12-07

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/9/5/47
Scope and Contents

Joseph Needham signed the original Volume 1 for Hugh Platt, son of Benjamin Platt (Lu Gwei-Djen’s supervisor at the Henry Lester Institute in Shanghai 1934-1937) around the same time that Joseph Needham received his Companion of Honour medal in 1992. The letter from Hugh Platt contains references to Lu Gwei-Djen and Joseph Needham.

Dates: 2008-12-07
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