Papers of M H F Wilkins: correspondence with Stephen Mason

  • Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004 Mason, Stephen Finney, 1923-2007
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1955-1999
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K/PP178/3/26
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Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
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Correspondence between Wilkins and Stephen Mason, Professor of Chemistry, King’s College London, 1970-1988, including: copies of letters, 1955, concerning Mason’s left-wing political sympathies; a biographical account, ‘From science to history once again’, relating to Mason’s parallel interests in chemical research and the history of science, and additional biographical notes, including his personal record as a Fellow of the Royal Society; a note from Mason, 1991, enclosing background research material on the eighteenth century history of the Wilkins family. Typescript draft texts by Mason, 1994-1999, on the history of science, possibly for a planned revision of his A history of the sciences (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1953).

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1955-1999

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King's College London

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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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