Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to the life and work of J D Bernal
- Date:
- 1967-1992
- Reference:
- K/PP178/11/3/1
- Part of:
- Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Correspondence, notes and published articles relating to the lasting impact of the writings of John Desmond (‘J D’) Bernal, including: brief correspondence, 1967 and 1969, between Wilkins and staff of the J D Bernal Peace Library; copies of critical reviews of Maurice Goldsmith’s biography, Sage: a life of J D Bernal (Hutchinson, London, 1980); article by Dorothy Hodgkin, ‘Microcosm: the world as seen by John Desmond Bernal’, offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol 81 No 3, 1981; edition of Spectrum (journal of the German Science Academy), Nov 1988, including articles on Bernal; correspondence between Wilkins and Roy Johnston, 1992, including comment on the significance of Bernal’s Irish upbringing, and enclosing a draft text by Ann Synge, ‘J D Bernal, FRS: family/school and university’, c 1992.
Publication/Creation
1967-1992
Physical description
1 file
Terms of use
Available at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Where to find it
Location of original
The original material is held at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.