RefNo | CD/64/34 |
Previous numbers | CD 886 |
Level | Item |
Title | Extract of a letter from Neil Hamilton Fairley, Bombay [Mumbai, India], to Charles James Martin |
Date | 28 April 1922 |
Description | The provincial Government of Bombay has decided not to support the establishment of a School of Tropical Medicine on financial grounds. They have asked the Government of India to consider a Central Institute of Research. Sir Dorabji Tata has written to the Government disclaiming responsibility for Fairley and two days ago Fairley received 'a bombshell' in the form of six months' notice to quit. In the original Tata Professorship advertisement, the role was for five years. Since leaving Australia, other vacancies he aplied for have been filled. Because the Chair was backed by the Governement and selected by the Royal Society, no written contract seemed necessary. Fairley doubts if he has a legal claim on the Government, therefore. Colonel Liston and Fairley have discussed the matter and wonder if some censure from the Royal Society and BMA might make the Government realise their moral responsibility in th ematter. No scientific worker would be tempted to take up employment India in the future. |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Typescript |
PhysicalDescription | On paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA3560 | Fairley; Neil Hamilton (1891 - 1966) | 1891 - 1966 |
NA8073 | Martin; Sir; Charles James (1866 - 1955) | 1866 - 1955 |