Rothschild, Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild, 1910-1990 (biologist )

Scope and Contents Rothschild was Chairman of the Agricultural Research Council from 1948 to 1958, therefore much of the correspondence concerns various related issues of research and other professional matters. The material also includes a copy of a typescript report from 1949 concerning the policy for artificial insemination centres, based on work done by A. Robertson and J.M Rendel at the Animal Breeding and Genetics Research Organisation on the implications of artificial insemination for the breeding of...

Scope and Contents The file contains material relating to Lord Rothschild's 1972 green paper, which proposed to transfer £28 million research council funds into various ministries. Waddington's views appeared in The New Scientist on 27 January 1972 and a piece entitled 'Improving the Turkey' appeared in Nature (235, 534, p. 179, 1972). Several typescripts of this, under the title 'Improving the Christmas Turkey', can be found here. This material...

Scope and Contents Contains chiefly correspondence between Sang and individuals within the Agricultural Research Council (ARC); namely the chairman, Lord Victor Rothschild, the secretary, Sir William K. Slater and a senior official, W.G Alexander. Also contains correspondence with colleagues at the genetics section of the Animal Breeding and Genetics Research Organisation, chiefly Cecil Gordon and C.H Waddington as well as the Principal of the University of Edinburgh, Edward Appleton. The papers chiefly...

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The correspondence concerns research questions, matters to do with publication, lectures and the preparation of articles. Key correspondents include: Shomi Bhattacharya, Jack Cohen, Hugh P. Donald, Nathan S. Fechheimer, John L. Jinks, James E. Lovelock, Mary Lyon, Dwight D. Miller, Alan S. Parkes, Victor Lord Rothschild, K.N Sharma, Roger Short and Wallace Shrimpton.