Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Sydney C Harland in which Pontecorvo asks for advice about the Harvard position

Date:
Dec 1957
Reference:
UGC 198/2/2/10/3
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 Sydney C Harland in which Pontecorvo asks for advice about the Harvard position. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Pontecorvo explains that Harvard is the only US University he would consider moving to as it "has an atmosphere very similar to what we are used to". His copy letter is annotated "also written Penrose". Harland responds by saying if Pontecorvo went to Harvard it would be "a great loss to this country" but that if he was in Pontecorvo's position he would find Harvard "irresistible".

Publication/Creation

Dec 1957

Physical description

2 letters (2 pages)

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Open and available at Glasgow University Archives Service.

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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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