Urbá, R.C., 1956-1975
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.414-L.419
Scope and Contents
This sub-series consists of 6 files containing correspondence between Ruth Urbá and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1956-1975.
Dates
- Creation: 1956-1975
Creator
- From the Fonds: Pollock, Martin Rivers, 1914-1999 (professor of biology, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Administrative or Biographical History
Ruth Urbá came from the Istituto de Quimica, Fisilogia y Patologia of the University of Chile, Santiago, to work in Pollock's laboratory at the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, 1957-1958. She returned to Chile to continue her research but moved to Cuba with her husband B. Holmgren following the Revolution there in 1961. They returned to Chile in 1967 but fled back to Cuba following Pinochet's coup in 1973.
Full Extent
6 Files
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk