Court Brown, William Michael

Date:
1957
Reference:
PENROSE/3/3/29
Part of:
L. S. Penrose Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Correspondence between Penrose and W M Court Brown on the following subjects: physical effects of irradiation on humans and other mammals, an ankylosing spondylitis survey, somatic chromosomes in Down's syndrome, leukemia, birth ranking and sex chromosome abnormalities. Includes a typescript of Court Brown's publications and a copy of his obituary in the Lancet, with a contribution from Penrose, plus two letters from the Librarian of the Royal Society regarding Court Brown's death.



Also includes the programme and abstracts for the Fifth Pfizer International Symposium "Human Population Genetics", 14-16 May 1969, annotated by Penrose.

Publication/Creation

1957

Physical description

45 letters plus 8 enclosures

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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This material contains sensitive personal data. Access to this material will not be granted until after the last date of closure, unless written permission is given by the individual(s) concerned. Closed until 1 January 2063.

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Location of original

The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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