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- 1947 (Creation)
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1 volume, paper
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On the first pages are a list of the books read during the year.
On the back pages are details of income arranged by term.
3 June - FB took part in procession from Senate House to Trinity College where he was presented to the King and Queen and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
1 October - Retired from office as Senior Proctor though continuing as Additional Pro-Proctor.
28 October - Dined at Girton as a guest of the Mistress. Afterwards she consulted FB about academical dress for women and how and when it should be worn.
4 November - Discussion in the Senate House on admission of women to the University. Only one man spoke at all - B. Dickens (against) [Bruce Dickens, Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College].
20 November - Attended Princess Elizabeth's wedding in Westminster Abbey.