Papers and correspondence relating to Robert Spence, 1905-1976 1931-1977

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Papers and correspondence relating to Robert Spence, 1905-1976 1931-1977

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19 items stored in 3 envelopes

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Spence, Robert, 1905-1976

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Robert Spence was born in South Shields and educated at local schools and Durham University where he began his research career on oxidation reactions. After three years as a Commonwealth Fund Fellow at Princeton University, 1928-1931, he was appointed Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Leeds University. He served during the Second World War as Chemical Warfare Adviser to the RAF. In July 1945 he joined the atomic research team in Montreal to lay the foundations for plutonium and fission product s...

Glueckauf, Eugen

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