Copy of a handwritten letter from Pontecorvo to the Principal, Sir Hector Hetherington, concerning his salary being below the average recommended for his position and age group, as outlined in the Institute of Biology report on 'Remuneration of Biologists'

Date:: 1946-1968

Reference:: UGC 198/2/2/3/4

Part of:: Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland

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Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, ScotlandUGC 198
- Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, career and appointmentsUGC 198/2
  - Correspondence relating to posts held by Pontecorvo, and readerships and other appointments he applied for throughout his career in various UK and international instutionsUGC 198/2/2
    - Department of Genetics, University of GlasgowUGC 198/2/2/3
      - Copy of a handwritten letter from Pontecorvo to the Principal, Sir Hector Hetherington, concerning his salary being below the average recommended for his position and age group, as outlined in the Institute of Biology report on 'Remuneration of Biologists'UGC 198/2/2/3/4

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Copy of a handwritten letter from Pontecorvo to the Principal, Sir Hector Hetherington, concerning his salary being below the average recommended for his position and age group, as outlined in the Institute of Biology report on 'Remuneration of Biologists'. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Pontecorvo offers the Principal two ways to "put the matter straight". The first is to offer him a salary increase in line with recommendations. The second was to establish a Chair of Genetics which would benefit both himself and the University. He explains that "In spite of the personal reputation that my collaborators and I have, especially abroad, people do not connect my name with Glasgow". He believed that appointing him as Chair would rectify this problem, as well as attract researchers and lecturers to the University.

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1946-1968

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1 letter (2 pages)

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

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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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