Arthur C Clarke and J B S Haldane Correspondence

Copies of correspondence between J B S Haldane and Arthur Clarke, 1951, 1962-1964, and covering letters, 1991.

Haldane was born on 5 November 1892. He was educated at Eton and at New College Oxford where he attained his MA. During the First World War he served in the Black Watch in France and Iraq, 1914-1919. From 1919 to 1922 he was a Fellow of New College Oxford; then moving to Cambridge University to be a Reader in Biochemistry until 1932. He was also the Fullerian Professor of Physiology at the Royal Institution from 1930 to 1932. Then he went to University College London to become Professor of Genetics (1933-1937) and later Professor of Biometry (1937-1957). After this, Haldane became Research Professor at the Indian Statistical Institute until 1961. In 1962 he was Head of the Genetics and Biometry Laboratory for the Government of Orissa. He received medals for scientific excellence during his career, and also published many scientific articles and writings. Haldane died on 1 December 1964. Arthur C Clarke was born at the coast town of Minehead, as the eldest of four children. He became interested in science in early age, and constructed his first telescope at thirteen. Clarke's father died when he was fourteen and his mother, left with her children, gave riding lessons to augment the family income. of the block below to "E" and the direction of the following "alternate" block to "I". To create child records for every authority, set the direction below to "B" and the direction of the following "alternate" block to "X". ᓠ৯䥔⁎䅃䥐棆⩐ᝌ耀剅䔠圠呉棇⩗у耀ⴠ㸭਍ℼ久䥔奔攠杯湯∉⌦へㄱ㬹㸢㰠ⴡ‭䅌䥔⁎䵓䱁⁌䕌呔剅䔠圠呉⁈䝏乏䭅ⴠ㸭਍ℼ久䥔奔䔠杯湯∉⌦へㄱ㬸㸢㰠ⴡ‭䅌䥔⁎䅃䥐䅔棏⩟ᡔ耀䔠圠呉⁈䝏乏䭅ⴠ㸭਍ℼ久䥔奔朠捡瑵॥☢砣㄰㕆∻‾ℼⴭ䰠呁义匠䅍䱌䰠呅䕔⁒⁇䥗䡔䄠啃䕔ⴠ㸭਍ℼ久䥔奔朠牢癥॥☢砣㄰䘱∻‾ℼⴭ䰠呁义匠䅍䱌䰠棔⩦ᥒ耀䥗䡔䈠䕒䕖ⴠ㸭਍ℼ久䥔奔䜠牢癥॥☢砣㄰䔱∻‾ℼⴭ䰠呁义䌠偁呉䱁䰠呅䕔⁒⁇䥗䡔䈠䕒䕖ⴠ㸭਍ℼ久䥔奔䜠散楤६☢砣㄰㈲∻‾ℼⴭ䰠呁义䌠偁呉䱁䰠棝⩭ᩒ耀ᚨৃࣈৃಈৃ່ৃનৃˈৃঈৃ׈ৃ̨ৃᄈৃ೨ৃᝨৃረৃจৃ๨ৃΈৃ⁎䅃䥐䅔棪⩴

Arthur C Clarke was born at the coast town of Minehead, as the eldest of four children. He became interested in science in early age, and constructed his first telescope at thirteen. Clarke's father died when he was fourteen and his mother, left with her children, gave riding lessons to augment the family income. of the block below to "E" and the direction of the following "alternate" block to "I". To create child records for every authority, set the direction below to "B" and the direction of the following "alternate" block to "X". ᓠ৯䥔⁎䅃䥐棆⩐ᝌ耀剅䔠圠呉棇⩗у耀ⴠ㸭਍ℼ久䥔奔攠杯湯∉⌦へㄱ㬹

Open

Please contact Special Collections for further information. PLEASE NOTE: we may require four week's notice to review these files for access.

Deposited in Sep 1991 by Arthur C Clarke.

Collection level record