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Photographs of Pontecorvo receiving his honorary degree at a graduation ceremony at the University of Leicester, 1968, and with friends and colleagues at the CIBA Symposium, 1970

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Page contains:Photograph of Pontecorvo, Sir Linden Brown, Professor T A Bennet, Dr Fred Sanger, J William Gardner and Dr Michael M Swann at a graduation ceremony where Pontecorvo received an honorary degree from the University of Leicester, 26 September 1968; Photograph of Pontecorvo with Bobby Bürke at the CIBA Symposium, 14-16 October 1970; Photograph of Lord Adrian, at the University of Leicester, 27 September 1968; Photograph of Pontecorvo with the other honorary graduates of the University of Leicester, 27 September 1968; Photograph of Pontecorvo with Jeff Clarke and Miss O'Connor (just seen) at the CIBA Symposium, 14-16 October 1970.

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Photographs of Pontecorvo receiving his honorary degree at a graduation ceremony at the University of Leicester, 1968, and with friends and colleagues at the CIBA Symposium, 1970

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