Biographical Information on Institute Staff, c.1930-1933
File — Box: EUA-A-65, Box: data_value_missing_61ada11aba2f2046ddd5e67ed247d4aa, Box: data_value_missing_e70d76e9a08956b45b77104a63785c8a
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/A1/5/4
Scope and Contents
Contains:
- bound typescript with handwritten annotations, titled 'Animal Breeding Research Department: List of Publications 1920-' (c.1930);
- typescript titled 'C.H Waddington - Publications 1929-1975';
- photocopied typescript titled 'Publications of C.H Waddington 1963-1975';
- typescript titled 'Publications of A. Robertson' (1949-1988);
- items of correspondence concerning Alan Greenwood's running of the Institute during the Second World War (1940-1941);
- biographical papers concerning Crew, including: part of a draft typescript of a fiction piece titled 'Man's World' [by Charlotte Burghes (later Haldane)]; a photocopy of Lancelot Hogben's biographical memoir of Crew for the Royal Society; and a photocopy of a draft typescript of Crew's autobiographical notes which also includes a list of his publications;
- biographical papers concerning Charlotte Auerbach (1946-1994), including: a letter from Waddington to the Dean (January 1946) recommending Auerbach for a University Lectureship; a photocopy of Auerbach's published citation for Trinity College, Dublin; Auerbach's autobiographical notes including a list of publications and a copy of the essay 'The Discovery of Mustard Gas Mutagenesis' by Geoffrey Beale, published in Perspectives: Anecdotal, Historical and Critical Commentaries on Genetics', ed.s Crow and Dove, Genetics, 134, 393-399 (June 1993).
- offprint of an obituary of F.A.E Crew by Alan Greenwood, published in the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Year Book (1974);
- offprint titled 'Physiology of the Fowl' by Alan Greenwood, published in Sonderdruck aus Kongresbericht Band I, VI. Weltgeflügelkongres (1936).
Dates
- Creation: c.1930-1933
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is open.
Extent
1 folder
Subject
- Auerbach, Charlotte, 1899-1994 (professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Beale, Geoffrey Herbert, 1913-2009 (founder of malaria genetics, Royal Society professor) (Person)
- Crew, Francis Albert Eley, 1886-1973 (professor of animal genetics and professor of public health and social medicine, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Greenwood, Alan William, 1897-1981 (genetical physiologist and director of ARC Poultry Research Centre) (Person)
- Robertson, Alan, 1920-1989 (English population geneticist) (Person)
- Waddington, Conrad Hal, 1905-1975 (embryologist and professor of animal genetics, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Creator
- From the Sub-subfonds: University of Edinburgh, Institute of Animal Genetics (1930-1990) (university research institute) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk