Ernst Boris Chain material
MS. Abraham 125/D.142-D.163
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Ernst Boris Chain material
Shelfmark
MS. Abraham 125/D.142-D.163
Summary
D.142-D.145: Extensive and detailed manuscript notes on Chain's life and career extracted from cited correspondence and other documentary sources.
D.146-D.148: Early manuscript draft of 'Ernst Boris Chain', apparently incomplete, with extensive revisions, (paginated 1-98, with gaps).
D.149-D.152: Typescript draft of 'Ernst Boris Chain' inscribed '1st Draft', with manuscript revisions.
D.153-D.158: Copy of a later typescript draft of 'Ernst Boris Chain', with bibliography etc.; probably the draft circulated to various individuals for comment.
D.159: A few typescript and manuscript pages from a draft (or drafts), different to those described in D.146-D.158, drafts of figures' and a few miscellaneous manuscript notes.
D.160: Offprint of the Memoir.
D.161-D.163: Correspondence arising from the publication of the Memoir, mostly letters of thanks from members of the scientific community and friends in receipt of a copy, with congratulations and comments, 1983, 1984, and with a few letters 1985-1988.
Date
1979?-1988
Language
English
Physical extent
22 folders
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Collection contents
Archive of Sir Edward Penley Abraham
Publications
Drafts
Ernst Boris Chain material
