Renate’s Book Of Letters

Letters to support the appointment of Professor Finlay Freundlich, Renate Mackay’s adoptive father, to a Professorship in St Andrews.

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  • Letter from Dyson, Renate’s Book Of Letters (opens larger)
    Letter: 1 – Professor FW Dyson, Astronomer Royal, who was important in proving Einstein’s theory of relativity.
  • Letter from Dyson, Renate’s Book Of Letters (opens larger)
  • Letter from Dingle, Renate’s Book Of Letters (opens larger)
    Letter: 2 – Prof Herbert Dingle, Astronomer and opponent of Einstein.
  • Letter from Milne, Renate’s Book Of Letters (opens larger)
    Letter: 3 – Prof EA Milne, astrophysicist at Oxford University who worked on implications of the theory of relativity.
  • Letter from Milne, second page, Renate’s Book Of Letters (opens larger)
  • Letter in German from Einstein, Renate’s Book Of Letters (opens larger)
    Letter 4 in German – Prof Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize winner and originator of the theory of relativity.
  • Letter from Struve, Renate’s Book Of Letters (opens larger)
    Letter: 5 – Dr Otto Struve, Russian born astronomer who worked in America and was one of the most important astronomers of the 20th century.
  • Letter from Stratton, Renate’s Book Of Letters (opens larger)
    Letter: 6 – Lt Col FJM Stratton, astronomer and Professor of Astrophysics at Cambridge University.
  • Letter from Eddington, Renate’s Book Of Letters (opens larger)
    Letter: 7. Sir Arthur Eddington, astronomer and popular science writer who wrote explanations of Einstein’s theories for the general public
  • Photograph by K Freundlich, circa 1918, with a handwritten note about the Einstein Tower (opens larger)
  • Letter from Russell, Renate’s Book Of Letters (opens larger)
    Letter: 8 – Prof HN Russell, American astronomer
  • Letter from Russell, second page, Renate’s Book Of Letters (opens larger)