Material relating to Pontecorvo being awarded the Emil Christian Hansen Prize
- Date:
- Oct 1961-Dec 1961
- Reference:
- UGC 198/1/1/5/1
- Part of:
- Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Material relating to Pontecorvo being awarded the Emil Christian Hansen prize including certificates, letters, cards, presscuttings and photographs.
Publication/Creation
Oct 1961-Dec 1961
Physical description
2 files, 5 items
Biographical note
Awarded to Pontecorvo in appreciation of his fundamental work in mircrobial genetics. The prize was named after the Danish Professor Dr Emil Christian Hansen (1842-1909) who was a microbiologist and director of the Physiological Department of the Carlesberg Foundation in Copenhagen. He was famous for introducing "the pure culture technique in the brewing industry".
Terms of use
Open and available at Glasgow University Archive Services.
.Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
Where to find it
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.