Fisher, R. A.

Date:
1958-1987
Reference:
PP/AEM/K.326
Part of:
Mourant, Arthur Ernest (1904-1994)
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Fisher, R. A. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Includes correspondence from Fisher re relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, 1958. Also includes correspondence from The Scientist re proposed article about lung cancer and smoking, 1986.

Publication/Creation

1958-1987

Physical description

1 file

Biographical note

Fisher invited Mourant to collaborate in a study of possible genetic predisposition to smoking. Mourant declined and later wrote about this episode in 'Why Arthur Mourant decided to say "No" to Ronald Fisher' (see A.50).

Location of duplicates

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

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