Box 606733863
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Biographical notes, bibliography, n.d.
A narrative chronology entitled 'Peierls's War Years' has been extracted from correspondence with Charles Weiner and listed here for ease of reference (see also MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.20).
Shelfmark: MS.Eng. misc. b. 197/A.1
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
n.d.
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Early work and career, 1923-1933
MS. essay written at school on 'Today's school from the point of view of the pupil' (in German), 1923-1924 MS. notes for a seminar given in Munich (in German), 1927 Offer from Professor Dr. W. Lenz of an assistantship in the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Hamburg. (MS. letter in German.) Peierls provisionally accepted the offer and then subsequently withdrew his acceptance when it became clear that Hitler would come to power in Germany, 1933
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.2
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1923-1933
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Certificates of honour and accompanying correspondence, 1933-1973
Includes
Fellowship of the Institute of Physics, 1943
C.B.E., 1946
Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm, U.S.A., 1947
Royal Medal, Royal Society, 1959
Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1962
Honorary Associate, College of Advanced Technology, Birmingham (now University of Aston), 1963
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Found in:
Biographical and personal
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Honours and awards
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.3
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1933-1973
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Honorary Degrees, 1960-1969
Includes
D.Sc. University of Liverpool, 1960
D.Sc. University of Birmingham, 1967
D.Sc. University of Edinburgh, 1969
Also includes correspondence regarding arrangements for ceremonies and dinners, and letters of congratulation.
Found in:
Biographical and personal
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Honours and awards
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.4
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1960-1969
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Letters of congratulation, 1959
Letters of congratulation on the award of the Royal Medal by the Royal Society.
Found in:
Biographical and personal
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Honours and awards
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.5
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1959
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Wykeham Chair of Physics, Oxford, 1961-1963
Correspondence with Oxford and Birmingham Universities regarding offer and acceptance of the Wykeham Chair of Physics, Oxford.
Found in:
Biographical and personal
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Honours and awards
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.6
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1961-1963
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Wykeham Chair of Physics, Oxford, 1962
Letters of congratulation on Peierls's election to the Wykeham Chair.
Found in:
Biographical and personal
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Honours and awards
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.7
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1962
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Award of the Lorentz Medal by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Science and Letters, 1962
Correspondence with the Academy regarding arrangements for the presentation of the medal, the text of Peierls's reply at the ceremony on 24 November, and a printed report of the meeting. Correspondence regarding arrangements to give a seminar in Leiden.
Found in:
Biographical and personal
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Honours and awards
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.8
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1962
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Max Planck Medal, 1963
Letters of congratulation on the award of the Max Planck Medal. (See also MS. Eng. misc. b. 220/E.5 for correspondence regarding travel arrangements to Hamburg to receive the Medal.)
Found in:
Biographical and personal
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Honours and awards
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.9
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1963
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Congratulatory letters, 1950-1965
Congratulatory letters written by Peierls and some replies from recipients (in date order).
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.10
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1950-1965
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Miscellaneous personal correspondence, 1943-1963
Includes letters of thanks, invitations, replies to appeals, requests for interviews, etc.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.11
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1943-1963
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Miscellaneous personal correspondence, 1965-1974
Includes letters of thanks, invitations, replies to appeals, requests for interviews, etc. Includes correspondence with Mark Boxer of The Times who drew a caricature of Peierls for New College that is also reproduced on the cover of the retirement symposium volume. (See also MS. Eng. misc. b. 198/A.25.)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.12
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1965-1974
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Miscellaneous personal correspondence, 1950-1974
Correspondence regarding various social invitations, valedictory lectures, visits, etc.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.13
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1950-1974
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'Consumer Complaints', 1962-1973
Correspondence with airlines, shops and organisations regarding poor service, invoicing errors and the like.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.14
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1962-1973
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Correspondence relating to Madame S. Bonnevay, 1964-1965
Correspondence regarding a gift for Madame S. Bonnevay, widow of Georges Bonnevay who had worked in Birmingham with Peierls, 1959-1961. Includes a letter sent by Peierls to Bonnevay's colleagues, replies from contributors, letters of thanks from Mme. Bonnevay. (See also MS. Eng. misc. b. 203/C.38.)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.15
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1964-1965
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Correspondence, 1946-1957
Contains
Correspondence with W. Stanners regarding modern warfare and its morality (lengthy letter from Peierls on this subject), 1946.
Correspondence with Alexander Sachs regarding his testimony before the US Senate Committee on Atomic Energy, 1946
'I am not perturbed', statement by Peierls for publication in the Sunday Express in refutation of its article of 29 October…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.16
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1946-1957
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Correspondence, 1958-1962
Contains
Correspondence with H.V. Rowley regarding the history of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, 1958.
Correspondence with Franz Bergel regarding apartheid in South African universities, 1959.
Correspondence with Mrs. Nancy Arms regarding her proposed biography of Sir Francis Simon (published as A Prophet in Two Countries), 1960.…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.17
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1958-1962
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Correspondence, 1961-1964
Contains
Letter from John Wheeler regarding the 'sources for the history of quantum physics' project, 1962. (Peierls was interviewed by John Heilbron in June 1963 for this history.)
Correspondence with Walter Schneir regarding the Los Alamos project, Klaus Fuchs and the Soviet nuclear weapons programme, 1961-1963.
Correspondence with Ronald Clark regarding the…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.18
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1961-1964
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Correspondence, 1961-1972
Contains
Correspondence with Margaret Gowing regarding research for her book Britain and Atomic Energy, 1939-45; extensive comments and recollections by Peierls, 1961-1963.
Includes extracts from a June 1963 memorandum to Mrs. Gowing by Sir Henry Dale regarding British scientists' attitudes to the use of the bombs against the Japanese.
Brief…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.19
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1961-1972
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Correspondence, 1965-1970
Contains
Correspondence with Malcolm D. Ferrier regarding the Frisch-Peierls memorandum, 1965.
Correspondence with A.N. Bryan-Brown regarding a speech about V. Weisskopf (the Latin oration on the occasion of his honorary degree from Oxford where Bryan-Brown was Public Orator), 1965. (See also MS. Eng. misc. b. 216/C.322 and MS. Eng. misc. b. 216/C.330.
Correspondence…
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 197/A.20
Extents: 1 file
Dates:
1965-1970