Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Ernst Mayr concerning Pontecorvo's decision to turn down the job at Harvard

Date:
30 Sep 1958
Reference:
UGC 198/2/2/10/17
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Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Ernst Mayr concerning Pontecorvo's decision to turn down the job at Harvard. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Mayr explains how he is disappointed that Pontecorvo will not be moving to Harvard as he was sure they would have "found much pleasure in each others company" and that Harvard would have gained from Pontecorvo's "presence". He also discusses some of the other nominees for the position at Harvard who had also turned down the offer.

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30 Sep 1958

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1 letters (2 pages)

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The original material is held at Glasgow University Archive Services. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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