Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Lord MacLehose concerning his recent trip to China and "the complete failure of the main purpose"

Date:
19 Aug 1988
Reference:
UGC 198/5/5/15
Part of:
Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Lord MacLehose concerning his recent trip to China and "the complete failure of the main purpose". In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The main purpose of the trip was field work on the vegetation and flora above the tree line in areas near the Tien Shan, Shihezi /Urumqi and North East Qinghai. Pontecorvo explained how his Chinese colleagues invented "all sorts of excuses" to prevent him going to these areas above the tree line.

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19 Aug 1988

Physical description

1 card and 1 letter (3 pages)

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A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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Open and available at Glasgow University Archives Service.

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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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