Burhop, E. H. S. (Eric Henry Stoneley)
E. H. S. Burhop papers and correspondence, 1948-1980.
This small collection contains biographical material relating to Burhop's interest in furthering rapprochement between East and West, and documentation of the first Pugwash Conference. There are no records of his scientific research or scientific correspondence. The biographical material principally relates to the 'passport case' when the Foreign Office withdrew Burhop's passport on the eve of a visit to the Soviet Union in 1951 and the award of the Lenin Peace Prize in 1972. There is also a little correspondence in 1957 on the possible nomination of Bertrand Russell for the World Peace Council's International Peace Prize. The Pugwash material includes documentation of the role of the World Federation of Scientific Workers in the organization of the first conference, and manuscript notes of the proceedings of the first conference.
Physicist and mathematician. Burhop (1911-1980) taught mathematics and physics from 1945 at University College, London and was professor of physics 1960-1978. He worked on the Manhattan Project USA 1944-1950, won the Lenin Peace Prize 1972 and was President, World Federation of Scientific Workers 1971-1980.
Burhop, E. H. S. (Eric Henry Stoneley)
Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs
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