Thornton, Sir Henry Gerard (1892-1977)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0117 MS 846
Held at	: Royal Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ ›
Full 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
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

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 & 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.

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Description Notes

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.