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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Bound typescript titled 'Effects of Chemical and Genetic Factors on Embryonic Development' by R.A Beatty, M.A, being the second part of a dissertation submitted in candidature for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, 14 November 1949

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Identifier: Coll-1364/1/2
Scope and Contents

The flyleaf also notes: 'St John's College Cambridge' and 'Animal Breeding and Genetics Research Organisation, Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh, 16 October 1949.'

Dates: 14 November 1949

Bound typescript titled 'The Pigmentation of Cavernicolous Animals' by R.A Beatty, M.A, being the first part of a dissertation submitted in candidature for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, 16 October 1949

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Identifier: Coll-1364/1/1
Scope and Contents

The flyleaf also notes: 'St John's College Cambridge' and 'Animal Breeding and Genetics Research Organisation, Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh, 16 October 1949.'

Dates: 16 October 1949

Correspondence concerning departmental and research matters, volume 1, 1945-1946

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Identifier: Coll-41/9/3/1
Scope and Contents

The file contains: correspondence with the Agricultural Research Council mainly concerning Waddington's salary, insurance and expenses; an appointment letter to Waddington for the position of Chief Geneticist at the National Animal Breeding and Genetics Research Organisation (26 April 1945); and items of correspondence with Waddington's colleagues in Cambridge regarding research matters and meeting arrangements.

Dates: 1945-1946

Correspondence regarding Charlotte Auerbach's successful nomination for the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Cambridge, January 1976 - June 1977

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Identifier: Coll-1266/3/4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

Contains correspondence between Charlotte Auerbach and various institutions, chiefly concerning honorary membership or the awarding of prizes and degrees.. The institutions concerned include the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, the Genetics Society of Japan, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Cambridge.

Dates: January 1976 - June 1977

Letter to Edith F. Ewart from Francis Hugh Adam Marshall, 15 February 1935

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/38/7
Scope and Contents

Marshall thanks Mrs Ewart for her letter and writes that he is glad to have been 'able to render this small service and to express my own feelings toward one for whom I had a deep regard and affection.' He is sure that [Ewart's grandson] 'Gavin will certainly not be ostracised in Cambridge' and that he will soon settle down into University life.

Dates: 15 February 1935

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Aldred F. Barker, 08 April 1930

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/36/4
Scope and Contents

Barker writes that he will be sending Ewart his completed thesis shortly, and that he has just finished an article on wool for Cambridge University.

Dates: 08 April 1930

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Sophie Weisse, 18 July 1892

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1883
Scope and Contents

Letter, 18 July 1892, Moffat, Sophie Weisse to Donald Tovey. Outlining plans for Tovey to go to Cambridge University. Typescript copy.

Dates: 18 July 1892

Papers concerning Waddington's external examining of PhD theses, 1967-1975

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Identifier: Coll-41/8/8
Scope and Contents

The material contains correspondence with various Universities for whom Waddington examined students' theses, including the Universities of Madras and Cambridge.

Also present are copies of examination papers, a copy of draft proposed timetables of degree examinations for 1968 and a copy of the 1968/9 Examinations Programme, all from the University of Edinburgh.

Dates: 1967-1975

Programmes for honorary degree ceremony at the University of Cambridge, 10 June 1977

 File — Box CLX-A-1535
Identifier: Coll-1266/2/11
Scope and Contents

Programmes are titled 'University of Cambridge: Speeches of the Orator at the presentation of the recipients of honorary degrees to the Chancellor' and 'University of Cambridge: Order of Proceedings at the installation as Chancellor of His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., K.T., O.M., G.B.E.'

Dates: 10 June 1977

Two typescript copies of a memorandum titled 'The Position of Genetics in the University' and three typescript copies of a piece titled 'The Present Position of Genetics and Embryology', February 1941

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Identifier: Coll-41/9/1
Scope and Contents

The memorandum, in which interestingly Waddington mentions 'epigenetics' as important future course of study, arose out of the impending retirement of Professor Reginald Punnett from the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics at the University of Cambridge, which, according to the memorandum, gave 'an opportunity for a reconsideration of the position of genetics in the University and of its relation to other biological departments.'

Dates: February 1941

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