Correspondence & certificates relating to awards and appointments

• Reference:GB 248 ACCN 3817/8
• Dates of Creation:1923-1925
• Language of Material:English French Italian Russian
• Physical Description:
  6 items

• Scope and Content

  Letter from the Reale Academia Nazionale dei Lincei (Royal Academy of the Lincei), Rome, confirming Soddy’s appointment as a visting fellow and enclosing a copy of the decree approving the appointment. Signed by the Academic Registrar, 17 Aug 1923. Letter is in an envelope that also says ‘Cannizzaro Prize’. Language: Italian.

  Certificate from the Ministero Della Pubblica Istruzione (Ministry of Education), Rome, declaring that by Royal Decree on 27 Aug 1923 Soddy was appointed a visiting fellow of the Reale Academia Nazionale dei Lincei, in the classes of Physics, Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Signed by the Director General, 25 Sep 1923. Language: Italian.

  Typescript, explanatory note on the Reale Academica Nazionale dei Lincei appointment.

  Typescript letter to Soddy from Le Secrétaire Perpétuel de L’Academie des Sciences, de l’Union des Républiques Soviétiques Socialistes (the Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Sciences of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), Leningrad, sending him the diploma awarding him as a member of the Academy, following his election on 2 Feb 1925. Signed and dated 16 Dec 1925. Language: French

  Certificate from the Russian Academy of Sciences naming Soddy as a member of the Academy for merit in his scientific work in Physics. Signed and dated 2 Feb 1925. Language: Russian (Cyrillic)

  Certificate from the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, electing Soddy as a member. Signed and dated 25 Mar 1925

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