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Society for Experimental Biology, 1923-1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8634/G.22

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and printed material relating to the Society for Experimental Biology. Includes: a printed programme and rules of the Society; a letter from R.R. Gates to Bateson (28 Jan. 1924) stating that he had been co-opted as a member of the Council; correspondence with Julian Huxley including a letter in which Bateson outlines his understanding of the term 'genetics' (10 Feb. 1924; item 7 [7:1]); and letters concerning Bateson's reluctance to take up the position on the basis that it infringed the scope of the Genetics Society, including correspondence with Lancelot Hogben.

Dates

  • 1923-1924

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

20 item(s) (20 items; paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

General

Former reference: MS Add.8634/G.29

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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