Physicist and electrical engineer (1908–1991) and the only person to have twice won the Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1956 and in 1972. Two items: one-page TLS, 8.5 x 11, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign letterhead, September 20, 1985, in reply to a letter. In part: “I am enclosing an article on superconductivity and a copy of a talk I gave last summer on early history to about 500 students gathered to hear talks and to meet physics Nobel Prize winners at Lindau, W. Germany.” He has added a postscript concerning another published article of his work; and an October 1976 copy of Industrial Research featuring the aforementioned article on superconductivity, signed and inscribed on the cover in black ballpoint, “To Rev. Father William Ward, John Bardeen.” In overall fine condition. RRAuction COA.
