Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to the life of Edgar Wilkins
- Date:
- 1913-1995
- Reference:
- K/PP178/6/2/7
- Part of:
- Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Papers relating to Edgar Henry Wilkins (Wilkins’ father), including draft typescript accounts of his life, parts of which are used in chapter 1, ‘Distant shores’, in Wilkins’ autobiography, The third man of the double helix (Oxford University Press, 2003); manuscript notes by Wilkins, 1990, on Edgar Wilkins’ 1913 diaries; testimonials for Edgar Wilkins, 1913; obituary for Edgar Wilkins published in The Medical Officer, 6 Jul 1946; related manuscript notes and correspondence. Also New Zealand government booklet, New Zealand: land of opportunity (1920), for English emigrants to New Zealand.
Publication/Creation
1913-1995
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.