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AT a meeting of the Academic Assistance Council, under the presidency of Lord Rutherford, in the rooms of the Royal Society on February 21, the Council recorded its gratitude for the generous gift from Mr. and Mrs. Simon Marks, Mr. and Mrs. Israel M. Sieff, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sacher, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Laski and Miss Mathilda Marks of two research fellowships for displaced German men of science of the value of £450 per annum each for a period of five years. After consultation with the Royal Society, the Council awarded one fellowship for a period of three years to Dr. Walter Heitler, to enable him to continue his research in theoretical physics at the University of Bristol. Dr. Heitler, formerly of the University of Gottingen, is best known for his work in connexion with the quantum theory of valency and more recently in connexion with the theory of absorption of particles and radiation of high energy. The Council will shortly award the second fellowship. From its general funds the Council established a third fellowship for a period of three years, which it awarded to Dr. Veit Valentin, to enable him to continue his work in German history at University College, London. Dr. Valentin was head archivist and director of the research department for the history of culture of the German State Archives at Potsdam.
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Academic Assistance Council. Nature 137, 354 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137354b0
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