Robson, John Michael, 1900-1982 (geneticist and physicist)

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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.

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Recording of an interview with Geoffrey Beale by Henry Adam, in which Beale discusses Auerbach and Robson's mutagenesis work.

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...

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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.

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...