Sprott, David A

Date:
Aug 1955-Apr 1957
Reference:
PENROSE/3/18/35
Part of:
L. S. Penrose Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Correspondence between Sprott, J B S Haldane and Penrose regarding the enclosed manuscript copy [with annotations] of "The Eugenic Effect of Family Limitation After the Birth of an Abnormal Child" by J B S Haldane, alongside two typewritten copies with alterations to the formulae and derivations made by Sprott.

Correspondence between Sprott, Helen Lang-Brown and the National Research Council, Canada, regarding Sprott's application for an Honorary Research Associate position at the Galton Laboratory

Correspondence regarding the enclosed papers "Double Blind Clinical Trials", A Hoffer & H Osmond, Journal of Neuropsychiatry Vol. 2 No. 5, Jun 1941, and Sprott's draft paper in response: "The Roles of Anecdotal Reports and Experimental Evidence in Scientific Inference"; and regarding Sprott's paper "Genetic Correlations under Selection".

Publication/Creation

Aug 1955-Apr 1957

Physical description

18 letters plus 5 enclosures

Terms of use

The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Location of duplicates

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

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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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