Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1977

Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1977

I was born into an upper-middle class family in a village in the South of Sweden in April, 1899. It was a large family with seven children, a large house and a home which was very hospitable and open to friends and relatives. There was a private school which was not very particular about the...

Born on 23 June 1907, I was brought up in the City of Bath in England. At school - Lambrook School (1917-1921) and Malvern College (1917-1926) - my education was concentrated on the Latin and Greek languages. At the university - Oriel College, Oxford (1926-1930) - I continued my classical...