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Thornton, Sir Henry Gerard (1892-1977)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS 846

Held at: Royal Society

Title: Thornton, Sir Henry Gerard (1892-1977)

Date(s): 1952-1956

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 5 volumes

Name of creator(s): Thornton | Sir | Henry Gerard | 1892-1977 | Knight | microbiologist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1892; Kt, 1960; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1941; Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, 1955-1960; Vice President of the Royal Society, 1959-1960; died, 1977.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Photographs recording the visits of Sir Henry Gerard Thornton abroad, on business for the Royal Society including visits made to Ankara in April 1952; Israel in May 1952; Delhi in 1954 and Russia in 1956.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Visits in date order

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Travel

Personal names
Thornton | Sir | Henry Gerard | 1892-1977 | microbiologist

Corporate names
Royal Society

Places
Ankara | Turkey | Middle East
Delhi | India | South Asia
Israel | Middle East
Krym | Ukraine
Crimea x Krym
Russia