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Davis, Trupapur Antony (1923-1989) agronomist and botanist
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Visit to Haldane Research Centre, Nagercoil, India
SYNG/G/251-253 · File · 1987
Part of Papers of Richard Synge

Visit in Dec. 1987.

Synge was an Adviser to the Haldane Research Centre, see H/72. In 1987 he opened the Library and Guest House at the Centre.

G/251: Album of photographs of Richard and Ann Synge at the Haldane Research Centre; identified on verso.
G/252: Letter from T. A. Davis, Director, Haldane Research Centre, arising from visit.
G/253: 'Inauguration of Library and Guest House Building of JBS Haldane Research Centre at Nagercoli' by T. A. Davis. Printed copy of speech.
Davis, T.A.
SYNG/J/82-83 · File · 1976–1989
Part of Papers of Richard Synge

Correspondence.

J/82: 1976–1989. Includes invitation to Synge to become a trustee of the proposed Haldane Research Centre and list of other trustees.
J/83: 1981-1989. Includes copy of memorandum of association for the Haldane Research Centre.

The first letter in the sequence was written by Davis from the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta. After a period as an FAO coconut agronomist in Indonesia Davis returned to India where he became Director of the J.B.S. Haldane Research Centre in Tamil Nadu.