Record

RefNoCOR/1/3/3
LevelFile
TitlePapers and correspondence of Sir John Cornforth concerning the biographical Memoir of Bob Woodward
Date1980 - 1993
DescriptionWritten for the Royal Society's journal Biographical Memoirs, this task was undertaken in collaboration with Lord Alex Todd, who was President of the Royal Society at the time the memoir was produced. The folders kept by Sir John Cornforth were divided into the following: general correspondence; correspondence with Todd, Hoffmann, Gosteli and Ollis; correspondence with Sondheimer, Bonnett and bibliography.
Extent3 folders
FormatTypescript and manuscript
NotesSir John Cornforth also authored Biographical Memoirs for Robert Robinson [with Lord Todd], and Arthur Birch [with Rodney W Rickards]. References to work on these memoirs was filed with the correspondence files at Sir John Cornforth's home office and as such have been catalogued within COR/1/1.
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