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Biochemical Society / British Association for the Advancement of Science / British Council

MS. Abraham 148/G.21-G.32

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Title

Biochemical Society / British Association for the Advancement of Science / British Council

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MS. Abraham 148/G.21-G.32

Summary

G.21-G.26: Biochemical Society. Includes miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 19881-1997. Also includes correspondence and papers regarding Abraham's participation in the Society's programme of video recordings and related matters, 1989-1993. Abraham was recorded in conversation with Professor Robert Thomas at Imperial College London on 1 May 1990. The interview was arranged by the Society's Honorary Archivist, Professor H.F. Bradford (see MS. Abraham 190/J.41 for a videotape of the interview).

G.27-G.29: British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1980, 1986-1988. Includes correspondence and papers regarding Abraham's 53rd Royal Society BAYS [British Association Youth Section] Lecture, 1980. (Abraham delivered the lecture 'Penicillin and after' at Gravesend School for Boys, Kent, 23 October 1980.) Also includes correspondence and papers regarding the 1988 British Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting at Oxford, 1986-1988.

G.30-G.32: British Council, 1960-1975. Includes correspondence and papers regarding Abraham's involvement in British Council activities, including a course on the use and abuse of antibiotics.

Date

1960-1997

Language

English

Physical extent

12 folders

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Archive of Sir Edward Penley Abraham

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Biochemical Society / British Association for the Advancement of Science / British Council

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