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Oliphant, Marcus Laurence Elwin, 1901–2000 (physicist)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1901–2000

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter from Adam, Walter (Academy Assistance Council, Clare Market, London), 20 Sept. 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7653/1/A/8
Scope and Contents Writing from the Academic Assistance Council now at 12 Clements Inn Passage, Clare Market, London WC2, Adams tells Oliphant that the Home Office has asked whether the AAC can support Oliphant's application to employ Oscar Heil at the Cavendish Laboratory for the 1935-1936 academic year. Adams is unable to reply as he has no information about Heil's career; he requests details and asks if Heil 'is on of the displaced German scholars'? The AAC may be able to facilitate Heil's entry to...
Dates: 20 Sept. 1935
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The MS Add.7653 Ernest Rutherford papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/. The only limitations to use are in respect of the low-level radioactivity of a small number of items in the collection. Further advice is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room staff.
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Letter to Adam, Walter, 23 Sept. 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7653/1/A/9
Scope and Contents In reply to the previous letter [Mark Oliphant] writes to Walter Adams that Oskar Heil is not a Jew and it is not for thar reason he wishes to spend a year in the Cavendish. Heil is of independent means and has been accepted by the Laboratory. Frau [Agnesa Arsenjewa] Heil is Russian and that is the reason for the difficulty with the Home Office. She has applied for a visa and has been refused and [Oliphant] was asked to write to explain the situation to the Home Office. Asks that Adams...
Dates: 23 Sept. 1935
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The MS Add.7653 Ernest Rutherford papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/. The only limitations to use are in respect of the low-level radioactivity of a small number of items in the collection. Further advice is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room staff.

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