Robson, John Michael, 1900-1982 (geneticist and physicist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1900 - 1982
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Biographical material relating to Charlotte Auerbach, 1993-2002
File
Identifier: Coll-1255/7/12
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence with various individuals concerning biographical details relating to Auerbach, a draft typescript of a longer version of Beale's Royal Society memoir of Auerbach as well as a copy of the printed piece, and Beale's chapter on Auerbach and Robson's discovery of mustard gas.
Dates:
1993-2002
Cassette tape labelled 'Conversation with Henry Adam about work of Lotte Auerbach and Robson, Sept 7 1992', 1992
Item
Identifier: Coll-1266/4/7/3
Scope and Contents
Recording of an interview with Geoffrey Beale by Henry Adam, in which Beale discusses Auerbach and Robson's mutagenesis work.
Dates:
1992
Cassette tape labelled 'Ginsburg. Discussion with G. Beale about Auerbach and Robson (c.1994?)', 1994
Item
Identifier: Coll-1266/4/7/6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Consists of papers collated by Geoffrey Beale as part of the preparation of his biographical memoir of Charlotte Auerbach for the Royal Society, published in 1995. Contains: Correspondence regarding Beale's research about Auerbach, papers concerning Auerbach's family history, copies of Auerbach's obituaries, letters from colleagues to Beale concerning Auerbach and a copy of the Royal Society memoir itself;Cassette tapes of interview recordings made of Charlotte Auerbach by Geoffrey...
Dates:
1994
Interviews with former staff of the Institute of Animal Genetics, 1969-1971
Series
Identifier: EUA CA16/1
Scope and Contents
Contains interviews with: Charlotte Auerbach, Alick Buchanan Smith, Lord Balerno, F.A.E. Crew, Frank Fraser Darling, Hugh Paterson Donald, Honor Fell and Alan William Greenwood. The interviewer in all cases is Margaret Deacon.
Dates:
1969-1971
Typescripts of Auerbach and J.M. Robson's reports to the Ministry of Supply, 1942-1943
File — Box CLX-A-1536
Identifier: Coll-1266/4/4
Scope and Contents
Contains: Report 1: 'Experiments on the Action of Mustard Gas in Drosophila: production of sterility and mutations' by Charlotte Auerbach and J.M. Robson (March 1942)Report 2: 'Experiments on the Action of Mustard Gas in Drosophila: genetical differences in susceptibility' by Charlotte Auerbach and J.M. Robson (June 1942)Report 3: 'Experiments on the Action of Mustard Gas in Drosophila: proof that mustard gas acts directly on the chromosomes' by Charlotte Auerbach and J.M. Robson (June...
Dates:
1942-1943
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Mutagenesis 3
- Mustard gas 2
- Animal Genetics 1
- Biography 1
- Edinburgh -- Scotland 1