Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Cyril Dean Darlington regarding the Arthur Balfour Professorship at Cambridge

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/2/2/11/1
• Dates of Creation:Nov 1956-Jan 1958
• Physical Description:
  5 letters, (8 pages)

• Scope and Content

  Darlington initially encouraged Pontecorvo to apply for the post and to find out more information about the conditions and salary. In this letter he also enclosed some information he received from the Registry Department at Cambridge about the position and the liklihood of the new Professor receiving funds to expand the Department. Pontecorvo mentions in his letter that he was planning on visiting Harvard with a view to finding out more about the Biology Department and the possibility of joining the staff there.

• Personal Names

  Darlington, Cyril Dean, 1903-1981, biologist, geneticist, and eugenicist,

• Corporate Names

  University of Cambridge, c1209-,