Copy of a handwritten letter from Pontecorvo to the Principal, Sir Hector Hetherington, concerning the situation with his brother, Bruno Pontecorvo

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/2/2/3/3
• Dates of Creation:23 Oct 1950
• Physical Description:
  1 letter (1 page)

• Scope and Content

  In the letter Pontecorvo offers his resignation "in view of the publicity attached to my surname," if the Principal thought this would be best for the University's reputation. Annotated "Bruno's affair".

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Bruno Pontecorvo (1913-1993) was an Italian-born nuclear physicist, an early assistant of Enrico Fermi and then the author of numerous studies in high energy physics, especially on neutrinos. He defected to the USSR in 1950, where he continued his research on the decay of the muon and on neutrinos.

• Personal Names

  Hetherington, Hector James Wright, 1888-1965, Knight, Social Philosopher, University Principal 1936-1961, Professor of Moral Philosophy 1924-1927, University of Glasgow, Scotland

• Corporate Names

  University of Glasgow 1451-