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Hoyle/Box 45/5/11
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GB 275 Hoyle/Box 45/5/11
Title
Draft of letter from FH to Dr Sharpe (Chairman of the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry)
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- 12 May 1972 (Creation)
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4p paper
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Written in response to Sharpe's letter concerning the article by Pearce Wright in The times (8 May 1972). Wright's article came as a surprise to FH. Details the conversations he has had with reporters since his return to the UK on 4 May. Explains how he came to believe that the decision about the new Director of the new Institute of Astronomy had been made without his knowledge. See also 45/5/10. [Numbered '6' in hand of FH]. Autograph manuscript