Papers of M H F Wilkins: draft text relating to Wilkins’ visit to Brazil and Peru, 1952

  • Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004
Date:
1993-1998
Reference:
K/PP178/6/5/16
Part of:
Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
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Papers of M H F Wilkins: draft text relating to Wilkins’ visit to Brazil and Peru, 1952. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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.

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Draft typed text relating to Wilkins’ attendance at a biomolecular conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and subsequent trip to Peru, 1952. Also comment on his early DNA research with Raymond Gosling, and on his relationship with Francis Crick. Aspects of this account were used in chapter 7, ‘How does DNA keep its secrets?’ in his autobiography, The third man of the double helix (Oxford University Press, 2003).

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1993-1998

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1 file

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King's College London

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Available at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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

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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.

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