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Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson (1892-1964)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS 792

Held at: Royal Society

Title: Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson (1892-1964)

Date(s): 1934

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Haldane | John Burdon Sanderson | 1892-1964 | scientist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1892; Education: Eton; Career: Sir William Dunn Reader in Biochemistry, Cambridge University (to 1933); Head of Genetical Department, John Innes Horticultural Institution; Fullerian Professor of Physiology, Royal Institution; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1932; Croonian Lecture, 1946; Darwin Medal, 1952; died, 1964.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence of John Burdon Sanderson Haldane and E C Richardson in March-June 1934 relating to the Genetical Society's response to reports of anti-Jewish Nazi propaganda in The Times; with related newspaper cuttings (7 manuscript letters, copy typescript and 3 newpaper cuttings).

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Language/scripts of material: English

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Open

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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Antisemitism | Racial discrimination
Nazism | Totalitarianism | Political doctrines

Personal names
Haldane | John Burdon Sanderson | 1892-1964 | scientist

Corporate names
Genetical Society

Places