Correspondence regarding the Royal Society Leeuwenhoek lecture delivered by Pontecorvo on 6 December 1962
- Date:
- Jan 1962-Apr 1963
- Reference:
- UGC 198/8/3/2
- Part of:
- Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Letters to Pontecorvo from the Secretary of the Royal Society inviting him to deliver the Leeuwenhoek lecture and concerning arrangements for the lecture and its publication. Also includes copies of letters Pontecorvo sent to friends asking for their comments on the first draft of his Leeuwenhoek lecture (including Dr Francois Jacob, Dr Sydney Brenner and Prof Conrad Hal Waddington) and letters recieved from a veriety of friends and colleagues sharing their opinions on his paper.
Publication/Creation
Jan 1962-Apr 1963
Physical description
14 letters, 1 card, 1 leaflet (21 pages)
Terms of use
Open and available at Glasgow University Archives Service.
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.