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Kurt Lipstein
CCHR/2/LIP · File · 2006-2007
Part of Clare College - Historical Reference Collection

Biographical material, copies of photographs, newscuttings, order of service for his memorial service. Also electronic notes on cataloguing of papers held at the Squire Law Library.

CCHR/2/LIP/1 · Item · 2004
Part of Clare College - Historical Reference Collection

Interview covers Lipstein's life, mainly before becoming a fellow of Clare. Discusses upbringing in Frankfurt and university education in Berlin. Came to London in 1933 after working in the courts at Frankfurt. Was invited by a professor at Trinity to visit and from that he got a job as the professor's assistant and also got a job teaching Roman Law. After the war broke out he was interred in 1940 in an internment camp, being sent firstly to Bury St. Edmunds and then on a train to Liverpool where he was then moved to a small village. He eventually returned to Cambridge in September 1940. Discovered his parents died during the war. Mentions his wife Gwyneth and her strong support for the labour party and the army. Became a fellow of Clare in 1956 after money was made available for law fellows. Lectured at universities in Philadelphia and Chicago after being offered visiting professorships, although he never took up their offers of becoming a permanent member of staff. During the 1970's he became an editor of an encyclopaedia. Emphasises the importance work has had in his life.

CCPP/MAJ/2/1985 · Item · 1985
Part of Clare College - Personal Papers

Each notebook contains comments on environmental conditions, diagrams of ladybirds, relevant articles or notes, descriptions of experiemental conditions and various correspondences with other ecological geneticists.