SZ/CSA/100/2/19 - [Letter, SZ to Earl Mountbatten, 22/4/72]

Reference code

SZ/CSA/100/2/19

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, SZ to Earl Mountbatten, 22/4/72]

Date/s

1972

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Harrison, Michael, 1907-.
Fergusson, Bernard,
Lampe, David.
Morgan, Frederick Edgworth,

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Creator

Mountbatten, Louis Mountbatten,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Refers to references to Bernal's war work in books by Michael Harrison, Bernard Fergusson, and David Lampe and discusses Bernal's expedition to the Normandy beaches three days after D-Day to collect samples. The expedition annoyed Freddy Morgan who suggested Bernal set up a "Command of Scientists, to help the Americans fight their way through to Cherbourg."

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/CSA - [Chief Scientific Adviser's papers]
  - SZ/CSA/100 - [CSA. Correspondence - Correspondence B]
    - SZ/CSA/100/2 - [CSA. Correspondence with and concerning J.D. Bernal]
      - SZ/CSA/100/2/19 - [Letter, SZ to Earl Mountbatten, 22/4/72]

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