Large bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo, Professor Sir Peter Brian Medawar, Sir William Kershaw Slater, and Professor Thomas A Bennet-Clark

Date:: Apr 1958-Jan 1959

Reference:: UGC 198/2/2/12/1

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
    - John Innes Institution, University College LondonUGC 198/2/2/12
      - Large bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo, Professor Sir Peter Brian Medawar, Sir William Kershaw Slater, and Professor Thomas A Bennet-ClarkUGC 198/2/2/12/1

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Large bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo, Professor Sir Peter Brian Medawar, Sir William Kershaw Slater, and Professor Thomas A Bennet-Clark. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Concerning the possibility of securing Agricultural Research Council (of which funding to create a new research laboratory at the John Innes Institution and to appoint Pontecorvo as the Honorary Director. There is also talk of Pontecorvo succeeding J B S Haldane's Chair at University College London but plans for that fell through due to lack of support from management. Discussions then move on to the possibility of creating a Professorship for Pontecorvo at University of London King's College

In the end none of these three job opportunities came to fruition.

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Apr 1958-Jan 1959

Physical description

23 letters (29 pages)

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Original order.

Biographical note

Sir William K Slater was Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council. Professor Thomas A Bennet-Clark worked in the Department of Botany at University of London King's College.

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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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