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Oliphant, Sir Mark Marcus Laurence Elwin, (1901-2000), Knight, Knight Physicist

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Surname: Oliphant
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Mark Marcus Laurence Elwin
Gender: Male
Date: 1901-2000
Title: Knight
History: (Sir Mark Oliphant). Professor of Physics. Governor of South Australia, 1971-1976. Knighted 1959.
Biography: ODNB link for Oliphant, Sir Mark Marcus Laurence Elwin (1901-2000), Knight Physicist
References: Who Was Who; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275802 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P155132 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1945-1948: Professor B G Maegraith and Professor G MacDonald: 1947 tour to Portugal, lecturing on...
The National Archives, Kew
BW 83/5
2
1946-1969: corresp with Lord Blackett
Royal Society
PB
NRA 22627 Blackett

See CSAC 63/1/79
3
1939-1953: corresp with Egon Bretscher
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
BRER
NRA 28915
4
1940-47, 1973: corresp with Sir James Chadwick
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
CHAD
NRA 24569
5
1937-46: corresp with PB Moon
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
NCUACS 69.7.97
NRA 41462
6
1929-59: corresp with Sir Henry Tizard
Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents
HTT
NRA 24549 Tizard