Visit to India, 30 August-5 September 1973, 1973
Scope and Contents
The material in this subseries covers some of Martin Rivers Pollock's visits and attendance at conferences from 1947. The bulk of the material, however, relates to a 1981 Conference on the Common Denominators in Art and Science, University of Edinburgh that Pollock helped organise. This includes an extensive sequence of correspondence with prospective speakers, participants and funding bodies. At Coll-1586/G/1/G.82 are a number of invitations to visit declined by Pollock or for which there is no evidence of acceptance. Pollock visited a number of countries to give specific lectures; this material can be found in section Coll-1586/F, Lectures and Broadcasts. Material relating to symposia organised by the Ciba Foundation can be found in section Coll-1586/H.
Dates
- Creation: 1973
Creator
- From the Fonds: Pollock, Martin Rivers, 1914-1999 (professor of biology, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Administrative or Biographical History
This sub-subseries consists of 2 files relating to Martin Rivers Pollock's visit to India, 30 August-5 September 1973. Pollock was invited to India as a guest of the Indian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research with British Council support. He visited research centres around the country. While in Hyderabad Pollock gave three 'Popular Science Lectures' at the Regional Research Laboratory.
Full Extent
2 Files
Language of Materials
From the Sub-Series: English
Repository Details
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