ANON 1 - BRITISH ASSOCIATION The British Association For The Advancement Of Science was founded in 1831 on the lines of a German Institution. William Vernon Harcourt and J F W Johnston were leading advocates of the association in competition with the Royal Society. The first meeting was held in York but annual meetings were held in different cities. In 1869 Exeter was chosen, possibly at the instigation of William Cotton who was the Local Treasurer. Although a guide of sorts may have been printed for attendees only lists of participants and a copy of a specially produced map have been seen: the map has been loosely inserted into the map pocket of a copy of Murray’s Handbook to Travellers (1859) [1] . However it is highly probable that the map was issued to participants as part of a welcome pack. Various lists were distributed to participants and the map may well have been attached to one. The first List of Members of the British Association w...