Identity area
Reference code
Hoyle/Box 45/5/13
Unique identifier
GB 275 Hoyle/Box 45/5/13
Title
Photocopy of autograph letter, signed, from FH to Alec Deer (Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge) requesting changes to his resignation
Date(s)
- May 1972 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
3p paper
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Would like to bring his resignation from the Plumian Chair forward to the end of the present academic year. Explains his reasons for this, including the press comment of his resignation, the perceived position of IOTA in the Institute of Astronomy, and the way an application was made to the SCR for a grant. [With later manuscript annotations by FH. Numbered '7' in hand of FH]