1937 – Rutherford’s letter to Raman

One of the last letters written by Rutherford. This was to Raman dated 3rd Aug 1937.

Here, he is consoling Raman after he quit the Directorship of IISc. Rutherford is also discussing his possible travel plans to India.

Unfortunately, Rutherford died on 19th Oct 1937..

ref: S. Ramaseshan and C. Ramachandra Rao. C.V. Raman : A Pictorial Biography, p 108 (1988)

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