Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo, the Right Honourable Lord Adrian, Professor George Edward Briggs and others concerning problems with the salary of the new Professorship and laboratory space for the Genetics Department

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/2/2/11/23
• Dates of Creation:May 1958
• Physical Description:
  9 letters, 1 notice, 1 page of notes (15 pages)

• Scope and Content

  Some letters are in draft manuscript form and the text has faded slightly making it difficult to read. In one of his letters to Lord Adrian, Pontecorvo states that if his conditions cannot be met for a private residence for his family and for adequate laboratory and research space for the Genetics Department then he will withdraw his acceptance of the Professorship at Cambridge.

• Personal Names

  Adrian, Lord, Edgar Douglas, 1889-1977, 1st baron Adrian, electrophysiologist and Nobel Prize winner

  Briggs, George Edward, 1893-1985, botanist,

• Corporate Names

  University of Cambridge, c1209-,