Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Boris Ephrussi concerning Pontecorvo nominating Ephrussi to receive an honorary LLD degree from the University of Glasgow

Date:
Jan 1954-May 1954
Reference:
UGC 198/3/1/1/4
Part of:
Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Boris Ephrussi concerning Pontecorvo nominating Ephrussi to receive an honorary LLD degree from the University of Glasgow. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Correspondence concerns planning and arrangements, and some notes that Pontecorvo put together for the oration. Also includes brief correspondence between Pontecorvo and Ephrussi's wife, Harriet Taylor-Ephrussi, about trying to find some humorous anecdotes or memories about Ephrussi for his oration. Ephrussi received the LLD from the University of Glagow in 1954 for services to genetics.

Publication/Creation

Jan 1954-May 1954

Physical description

9 letters, 1 draft oration (13 pages)

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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Open and available at Glasgow University Archive Services.

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Location of original

The original material is held at Glasgow University Archive Services. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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