| RefNo | DRW/2/2/14 |
| Level | File |
| Title | General scientific and professional correspondence file of Douglas Robert Wilkie for the years 1975-1978 |
| Creator | Wilkie; Douglas Robert (1922 - 1998); physiologist |
| Date | 1975-1978 |
| Description | File of letters sent and received by Douglas Robert Wilkie between 1975 and 1979 covering topics including:
1975-1976:
Thanks to Wilkie from the The Grass Foundation on delivering two successful lectures in 1972; seeking medical advice, on behalf of his wife, June Hill, from Professor HP Lambert, Professor of Microbial Diseases; Wilkie's complaint regarding the absence of long service awards at University College London; discussion of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance work and results obtained; Dr David Gadian's application for the Sidney Perry Junior Research Fellowship; a happy 90th birthday letter to Archibald Vivian Hill FRS; discussion of George Karoly Radda's contributions to membrane physiology.
8p
1977:
Letters to the Provost of University College London, in relation to Appointments & Promotions Committee; Larry Stark notifying Wilkie on interesting papers on mutant nematodes; several letters pertaining to Haruo Sugi and Dr. Hashizume's visit to Wilkie's laboratory, and discussion of a paper on the X-ray diffraction of tetanized frog muscle; two copies of short biographies of Archibald Vivian Hill FRS, along with a black and white photograph of Hill and his wife Margaret; an exchange with Sir Rudolph Albert Peters FRS, whereby Peters contacted Wilkie about his paper on muscle, published in the Journal of Physiology, with Dawson and Gadian, in relation to his observations of slight alkaline shifts; a letter of sympathy from Wilkie to Dr David Keynes Hill about the death of his father, Archibald Vivian Hill.
17p; 1 photograph
1978:
Photocopy of a letter from Wilkie to Professor R. W. Rideout, Department of Laws, UCL, in relation to his stepping aside from the Headship of the Department to become Jodrell Research Professor, attempting to sort any situations that might lead to future injustices; Wilkie notifying The Director, Muscular Dystrophy Associations Inc, of the death of Alexander Sandow; photocopy of a letter from Wilkie to Dr Paul Lauterbur, Professor of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, writing about his attempts to apply statistical methods to the interpretation of NMR spectra.
6p |
| Extent | 1 File; 31p; 1 photograph |
| Format | Table |
| Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Carbon |
| Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4874 | Wilkie; Douglas Robert (1922 - 1998); physiologist | 1922 - 1998 |
| NA5461 | Radda; Sir; George Karoly (1936 - 2024); biochemist | 1936 - 2024 |
| NA8239 | Hill; Archibald Vivian (1886 - 1977); physiologist | 1886 - 1977 |
| NA1789 | Peters; Sir; Rudolph Albert (1889 - 1982) | 1889 - 1982 |