Papers of M H F Wilkins: letters from and papers relating to Alec Stokes
- Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004 Stokes, A. R. (Alexander Rawson), 1919-2003 Stokes, Margaret Gratzer, Walter B. Wilson, Herbert R. (Herbert Rees)
- Date:
- 1951-2004
- Reference:
- K/PP178/3/37
- Part of:
- Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
- Archives and manuscripts
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Letters from Alexander Rawson (‘Alec’) Stokes, 1975-1999, to Wilkins, including comment on Stokes’ work in DNA research at King’s College London, 1949-1950, enclosing a photocopy of Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling’s joke death notice for the DNA helix, 1952, and a draft outline for a talk by Stokes, ‘why did we think DNA was helical?’ for the 40th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA, 1993.
Also a graph [1951] of the Bessel function calculation of diffraction from a helix, by Stokes (nicknamed by him ‘Waves at Bessel on Sea’, according to The Third Man of the Double Helix).
Letter from Margaret Stokes (widow), 2003, congratulating Wilkins on the publication of his autobiography. Obituary for Stokes by Walter Gratzer, KCL School of Biomedical Sciences, published in The Times, 2003, with covering notes from Gratzer to Wilkins. Obituary for Stokes, Jan 2004, by Herbert Rees Wilson, published in Physics Today, with covering letter from Wilson to Wilkins. Also brief letters from Wilkins to Margaret Stokes and Ian Stokes (son).