Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Sir James Gray discussing the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics and the inadequacies of the term and conditions offered

Date:
Mar 1958-Sep 1958
Reference:
UGC 198/2/2/11/30
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 Sir James Gray discussing the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics and the inadequacies of the term and conditions offered. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Mar 1958-Sep 1958

Physical description

5 letters, 1 page of notes (8 pages)

Biographical note

This bundle covers initial discussions of the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics, problems with accomodation and salary along the way, and ends with a copy of Pontecorvo's letter to Gray outlining the reasons why he did not accept the position and ends by saying that Gray should offer the Chair of Genetics to Francis Crick.

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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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Open and available at Glasgow University Archives Service.

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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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