| RefNo | MDA/C/6/2 |
| Previous numbers | C.1.10 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Papers relating to an award from the Darwin Research Fund to John William Heslop Harrison |
| Date | February-March 1935 |
| Description | Correspondence relating to the Royal Society's awards from the Darwin Research Fund, to John William Heslop Harrison, primarily to allow him to employ a research assistant due convalescence from illness.
Correspondents include John William Heslop Harrison; Professor Ernest William MacBride; Henry Hallett Dale, Secretary to the Royal Society; Ronald Winckworth, Assistant Secretary to the Royal Society.
Includes discussion of: Harrison's move abroad for his health, the need for an operation on his throat, and his request for advice from MacBride concerning acquiring funds for a research assistant to continue his work on evolution and heredity via breeding experiments with moths; the positive outcome of the Council's consideration of Harrison's funding needs; the sum required, with MacBride suggesting £200 for one year, but Harrison requesting £120 for a graduate assistant for six months. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Format | Typescript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1836 | Heslop-Harrison; John William (1881 - 1967) | 1881 - 1967 |
| NA8192 | Dale; Sir; Henry Hallett (1875 - 1968); physiologist and pharmacologist | 1875 - 1968 |
| NA6369 | MacBride; Ernest William (1866 - 1940); marine biologist and eugenicist | 1866 - 1940 |