| Reference number | CD/69/51 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from [William Jackson] Pope, Chemical Laboratory, The University, Cambridge, to the Secretary of the Research Department, 15 Great George Street, London |
| Date | 4 March 1919 |
| Description | Discusses [William Jackson] Pope's decision to withdraw his application for a renewal of the grant for researching sensitising dyes.
Explains that due to the nature of the work he could not plan a budget that was anything but conjectural. Discusses the rigid provisions that the [Research] Department has been making, which means that practically all work done in Pope's lab must be kept secret and cannot be published until it is submitted to the Department. Thinks that this 'does not promote research but merely controls it in a manner which is entirely despotic'. Wishes to extracate his laboratory from the 'paralysing influence' of the Department. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Typescript copy |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8272 | Pope; Sir; William Jackson (1870 - 1939); chemist | 1870 - 1939 |