Papers of M H F Wilkins: draft text concerning Wilkins’ reaction to accusations of sexism towards Rosalind Franklin, with related papers

  • Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004
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1992-1994
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K/PP178/6/5/10
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Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
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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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Typescript draft text by Maurice Wilkins detailing his reaction to accusations of sexism towards Rosalind Franklin made by Anne Sayre in Rosalind Franklin & DNA (Norton, New York, 1975), and by Horace Judson, in The eighth day of creation: makers of the revolution in biology (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1978), with particular reference to a letter written by Maurice Wilkins to John Randall in early 1952. Also includes transcript of letter from Maurice Wilkins to John Randall, written in early 1952; related manuscript and typescript research notes by Wilkins. This chapter was largely omitted from Maurice Wilkins’ published autobiography, The third man of the double helix (Oxford University Press, 2003).

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1992-1994

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King's College London

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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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