Biographies and obituaries of Pontecorvo written by friends and colleagues

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/1/2
• Dates of Creation:1997-2007
• Physical Description:
  1 file, 10 items

• Scope and Content

  Selection of biographies and obituaries about Pontecorvo which were collected by his daughter, Lisa Pontecorvo, after his death. As they provide good background information about Pontecorvo's life and scientific achievements and they seem to be a fairly complete set from newspapers, journals and university publications, a decision was made to keep them with the rest of the collection.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Pontecorvo died on 25th September 1999 as a result of complications following a fall when he was out foraging for mushrooms in the area surrounding his Swiss chalet in St Luc.