title: Pilgrim Trust Lecture
text: # Pilgrim Trust Lecture
  
  The Pilgrim Trust Lecture was a lecture supported by the Pilgrim Trust, organised by the Royal Society of London and the National Academy of Sciences. It was held between 1938 and 1945.
  
  ## List of lecturers
  
  | Year | Name | Lecture | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1938 | Irving Langmuir | Molecular films | — |
  | 1939 | William Henry Bragg | History in the Archives of the Royal Society. | — |
  | 1940 | Lawrence Joseph Henderson | Not delivered due to illness | — |
  | 1943 | Karl Taylor Compton | Organization of American Scientists for the war. | — |
  | 1945 | Hermann Joseph Muller | The gene. | — |
  