Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Taco Hajo Van den Honert concerning Pontecorvo's suggestions of candidates for the new Professor of Genetics at Leiden University

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/2/2/8/8
• Dates of Creation:Sep 1953-Nov 1953
• Physical Description:
  3 letters (3 pages)

• Scope and Content

  Pontecorvo's suggestions included Dr Gloor and Dr Jospeh Alan Roper of the University of Glasgow. Boris Ephrussi was also mentioned by Professor Van den Honert, to which Pontecorvo responded by describing him as "indirectly, the father of the biochemical genetics of microorganisms" and "one of the top geneticists in the world".

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• Personal Names

  Honert, Taco Hajo Van den, 1899-1959, biologist,

  Ephrussi, Boris, 1901-1979, geneticist,

  Lam, Hermann Johannes, 1892-1977, botanist,

• Corporate Names

  Leiden University, 1575-,