Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Sir Peter Brian Medawar concerning the offer of position of Head of the new Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology

Date:: Nov 1963-Jan 1964

Reference:: UGC 198/2/2/14/1

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
    - National Institute of Medical Research, Mill HillUGC 198/2/2/14
      - Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Sir Peter Brian Medawar concerning the offer of position of Head of the new Division of Genetics and Developmental BiologyUGC 198/2/2/14/1

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Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Sir Peter Brian Medawar concerning the offer of position of Head of the new Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Medawar contacted Pontecorvo to let him know that he was recommending Pontecorvo to the Medical Researh Council as the most suitable candidate for the Head of the new Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology position. At the same time Pontecorvo was in talks with Albert Einstein College of Medicine about taking up a position there in the new Ullman Research building. Pontecorvo turned down the National Institute of Medical Research offer, although his reasons are not clear the correspondence.

Some of the letters have been annotated by Pontecorvo.

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Nov 1963-Jan 1964

Physical description

9 letters (11 pages)

Arrangement

Reverse chronological

Location of duplicates

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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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.

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