Catalogue of the papers of THADDEUS ROBERT RUDOLPH MANN FRS (b.1908)

NCUACS 30.6.91

Catalogue of the papers of THADDEUS ROBERT RUDOLPH MANN FRS (b.1908)

1947-1990

This small collection was received from Professor Mann in September 1991. It consists of a little biographical material and twelve laboratory notebooks recording research in the physiology and biochemistry of reproduction 1947-76. All the notebooks have on their front covers Mann's labels which describe and date the work and these labels are reproduced in the catalogue entries.

Additionally the notebooks were numbered 1 - 12 in red ink by Professor Mann before making them available for cataloguing. A further characteristic is the inscription, usually on the first page, 'Szczesc Boze!' (God Bless) indicative of Mann's Polish origins and Catholic faith. The research recorded in these notebooks was carried out in Cambridge at the Molteno Institute and on visits to the USA. However, they do not form a complete set of the notebooks used by Mann for his research even for the period 1947-76.

We are very grateful to Professor Mann for making his material available.

Compiled by Peter Harper and Timothy E. Powell

The work of the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists, and the production of this catalogue, are made possible by the support of the following societies and organisations:

E P Abraham Cephalosporin Fund

The Biochemical Society

The British Library

British Telecom plc

The Geological Society

The Institute of Physics

The Royal Society

The Royal Society of Chemistry

The Society of Chemical Industry

The Wellcome Trust

The Wolfson Foundation

<span class="wrapper"><p>1. Cambridge University Library has a complete set of Professor Mann's published papers 1930-84 and copies of his four books The Biochemistry of Semen, 1954; The Biochemistry of Semen and of the Male Reproductive Tract, 1964; (with C Lutwak-Mann) Male Reproductive Function and Semen - Themes and Trends in Physiology, Biochemistry and Investigative Andrology, 1981; Spermatophores - Development, Structure, Biochemical Attributes and Role in the Transfer of Spermatozoa, 1984.</p> <p>2. Full biographical records have been deposited with the Royal Society and Biochemical Society and there are shorter biographical accounts in the libraries of the Royal Belgian Academy of Medicine (Brussels), the Veterinary Schools of the Universities of Ghent and Hanover, the Academy of agriculture in Kraków, and Trinity Hall Cambridge.</p> <p>3. A videotape of an interview conducted by Dr R Harrison in 1989 on behalf of the Biochemical Society is held in the Society's Archives.</p></span>

English

SUMMARY OF THE CAREER OF T R R MANN

b. 1908 Lwow, Poland

1934 married Cecilia Lutwak

1935 MD Lwow

1935-37 Rockefeller Research Fellow, Molteno Institute Cambridge

1937 PhD Cambridge

1937-44 Beit Memorial Research Fellow, Molteno Institute Cambridge

1944-53 Member of the Scientific Staff (senior Principal Scientific Officer) of the Agricultural Research Council

1950 DSc Cambridge

1951 Election to Fellowship of the Royal Society

1953-76 Director of the ARC's Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Biochemistry, Cambridge

1961 Fellow of Trinity Hall Cambridge

1962 Conferral of C.B.E.

1967-76 Marshall-Walton Professor of Physiology of Reproduction, Cambridge

1980 Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences