Correspondence between Pontecorvo and the Right Honorable Earl of Halsbury concerning Pontecorvo's complaints against the National Research Development Corporation
- Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/3/4/2/1/6
- Dates of Creation:Apr 1956-Oct 1956
- Physical Description:3 letters, 2 extracts (7 pages)
Scope and Content
Pontecorvo had two complaints. The first was about an article in the Manchester Guardian containing erroneous details, or "howlers" about the research work currently going on at the University of Glasgow under Pontecorvo's direction. Pontecorvo balmed the NRDC for this. The second complaint regarded a clause in a contract of employment between the NRDC and Mr James Hutchison which stated that Mr Hutchison should send regular progress reports to the NRDC about discoveries, inventions or secret processes uncovered in Pontecorvo's department.
Also includes copies of extracts of clauses in the agreement between NRDC and Hutchison, and a copy of the text of the article published in the Manchester Guardian titled Micro-organisms bred to order by new laboratory technique . Lord Salsbury believed that both complaints were unjustified.
Administrative / Biographical History
John Anthony Hardinge Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury, was a British peer and scientist. Halsbury succeeded to the title in 1943. He was Managing Director of the National Research Development Corporation from 1949–1959.
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