Item VRU/1/2/2/10 - Julian Richard Este Wells

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Dr Julian R E Wells (University of Adelaide) worked at the VRU for 16 months between 1963 and 10 Feb 1965 as research scholar and temporary worker on the isolation and characterisation of a carboxypeptidase in Paseolus vulgaris. Letters btw Roy Markham and Wells, re coming to Cambridge, 15, 21 Aug 1962. Wells' CV, nd, c 1963 Letter Wells to RM, re CSIRO scholarship, 11 Mar 1963. Letters from the Board of Research Studies to Wells, re CSIRO scholarship 8, 27 April 1963. Letter from Wells to RM, 8 Aug 1963, Letter from Robert K (Bob) Morton, Prof. Biochemistry, Adelaide, Australia to RM about Wells, 3 Sep 1963. Letters btw Douglas L January and RM re requesting refs for Wells tenancy, 16, 18 Sep. Board of Research Studies to Wells, 24 Sep 1963 Letter from RM to W G Alexander, ARC re giving Wells employment at VRU, 27 Feb 1964 Letters between RM and Dr W E Berry, ARC re Wells appointment, 9, 10, 31 March, 6, 17 April 1964 Letter of recommendation re Wells by RM, 8 April 1964 Letter from ARC to RM re Wells, 8 April 1964. Wells to tax office, 5 Oct 1964. Application form and ref letter from RM for the Australian Research Grant, nd c 1965. Application to the Australian Research Grants Committee by Wells incl. details of research and previous work, c 1965. Btw Sec, Prime Minister's Dept, Queen Elizabeth Fellowships Committee, Canberra, Australia and RM, re Wells for scholarship, June 1965. Letters from Wells to RM from Australia, 17, 21 June 1965 and 4 from Wells to tax office and requests for articles, 1965. Letters btw Wells and RM about his work in Australia, new job at San Francisco Medical Centre and Fellowship application, 13, 20 Aug 1971. Letter from Wells to RM with form for US fellowship application, 7 Sep 1971. Letter of recommendation for Wells by Roy Markham, Feb 1965, Sep 1971. US Dept of Health Int. Fellowship application form for Wells filled in by RM, Sep 1971.

Admin History: Julian Richard Este Wells, (1936-1993?), Austalian biochemist, University of Adelaide. Prof. Robert Kerford Moreton (1920-1963), an Australian biochemist, University Sydney 1948, Ph.D, Cambridge 1952, died after an accident in his laboratory, 27 Sep 1963. Wells was a pupil of Moreton who was a good friend of Roy Markham.