Swann, Michael Meredith, 1920-1990 (biologist, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh)
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence chiefly about research topics, 1946-1959
Correspondence concerning departmental and research matters, volume 11, 1956
The file also contains letters from Gregory Bateson and Julian Huxley.
Correspondence concerning the Centre for Human Ecology, University of Edinburgh, 1972-1974
The material also contains correspondence between Waddington and Principal Swann, concerning the School of Man Made Future, including reports titled 'Institute for Human Ecology: General Scope' and a typescript by Percy Johnson Marshall titled 'Ideas for Centre of Human Ecology', as well as meeting papers of the Steering Committee on Environmental Standards.
Correspondence concerning the Science Research Council's proposed financial support for part of the Epigenetics Research Group, 1968-1969
Contains chiefly correspondence with Michael Swann and various individuals at the Science Research Council.
Correspondence with Michael Swann, Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, 1966-1972
The correspondence chiefly concerns various meetings and staff appointments. Also present is Swann's resignation letter as Principal (December 1972) and copies of two typescript reports titled 'Institute of Animal Genetics: Edinburgh University Liaisons with the Livestock Industry' and 'The Future of the Institute of Animal Genetics', both presumably written by Waddington.
Correspondence within the University of Edinburgh regarding the Medical Research Council's Unit for Reproductive Biology, 1971-1972
Photocopies of letters to the University Grants Committee from the University Factorial Secretary and the Principal regarding the Medical Research Council's decision to site a Unit for Reproductive Biology in Edinburgh, together with a response from the Grants Committee.
Faculty of Science Minute Book, 1949-1953
Includes letters and reports, covering subjects such as courses, students, research grants and appointments. Those present at meetings included Ronald Nathan Arnold, Michael Meredith Swann, James Ritchie, Edward Percy Stebbing, James Kendall and Sir William Wright Smith.
Faculty of Science Minute Book, 1954-1959
Includes letters and reports, covering subjects such as courses, students, research grants and appointments. Those present at meetings included Ronald Nathan Arnold, Michael Meredith Swann, Conrad Hal Waddington, Hermann Brück and Kenneth George Denbigh.
Faculty of Science Minute Book, 1959-1963
Includes letters and reports, covering subjects such as courses, students, research grants and appointments. Those present at meetings included Sir Edmund Langley Hirst, Ronald Nathan Arnold, Michael Meredith Swann, Hermann Brück and Kenneth George Denbigh.
Faculty of Science Minute Book, 1963-1966
Includes letters and reports, covering subjects such as courses, students, research grants and appointments. Those present at meetings included Michael Meredith Swann, Sir Edmund Langley Hirst, Tom L Cottrell, Hermann Brück, Charlotte Auerbach and W Ewart J Farvis,
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- Swann, Michael Swann, Baron, 1920-1990 -- Correspondence 9
- University of Edinburgh -- Principals 9
- Administration 4
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- Corporate Minutes 4
- Degree Courses 4
- Degrees, Academic 4
- Research Grants 4
- Science, Study and Teaching 4
- Students 4
- Applications for Positions 1
- Future studies 1
- Human Ecology 1
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