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Fisher | Sir | Ronald Aylmer | 1890-1962 | Knight | statistician and geneticist

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Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

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BBC General, 1982-1984

Comprises: Folder 1: 'BBC General File 1982-1983'. Correspondence, press cuttings and press releases, manuscript notes and radio transcripts of programmes involving Walter Bodmer, also including transcript of Radio Four documentary 'Eat, Drink and Be Buried', with Richard Doll as contributor Folder 2: 'BBC General 1984'. Correspondence and other papers relating to various BBC radio and…
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 1224
Extents: 1 box (2 folders)
Dates: 1982-1984
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Copy letters, 10 Oct 1989-31 Jan 1990

Topics include: (fols. 1-157) Walter Bodmer's views on key developments in cancer research over the preceding decade; Awards for Inventors; evaluation of ISREC and breast cancer patients (fols. 158-316) Bodmer's election to an honorary fellowship at Clare College, Cambridge and Presidency of HUGO; R.A. Fisher and Guido Pontecorvo; Francis Crick. Many of the letters contained in this file…
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 528
Extents: 433 Leaves
Dates: 10 Oct 1989-31 Jan 1990
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Correspondents DUM-ENG, 1966-1984

Subjects include: immunogenetics study on rheumatoid arthritis in North West England; rheumatology workshops; Samaritan study; R. A. Fisher's biography. Correspondents: Folder 1: D. C. Dumonde, Dr. Philip A. Dyer, Professor Michael Edidin Folder 2: A. W. F. Edwards Folder 3: J. H. Edwards, Dr. v. P. Eijsvoogel, Dr. Henry Ekert, Dr. Michael Elliott, Dr. J. J.…
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 47
Extents: 1 box (3 folders)
Dates: 1966-1984
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Correspondents files CHA-COA, 1970-1996

Subjects include: germ cell investigation at the DNA level; HLA types in psoriasis patients; Sir Ronald Fisher; mutation risks following atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Correspondents: Folder 1: Dr. A. C. Chandley, Dr. H. S. Chandra, Dr. T. G. Chappell, Dr. K. Cheah, Professor B. Clarke, Folder 2: Sir C. Clarke, Gillian Susan Charles, Dr. D. A. Clark ( =Res.) …
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 110
Extents: 1 box (3 folders)
Dates: 1970-1996
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Correspondents files CRE-CUR, 1961-1990

Subjects include: ICRF patents; Sir Ronald Fisher; genetic variation using migration matrices; Edwina Currie and Government's role in anti-smoking campaign. Correspondents: Folder 1: Dr. A. M. Creighton Folder 2: Dr. Carlo Croce, Dr. Mark Crompton, Dr. Timothy Crook, James Crow, Dr. J. Crozemarie, Vincent Cunliffe ( =Res.) Folder 3: Dr. I. G. Caizmadia,…
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 114
Extents: 1 box (3 folders)
Dates: 1961-1990
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Correspondents files FER-FOR, 1970-1994

Subjects include: Colorectal Cancer Group; Marco Polo Expedition (1986); Ronald A. Fisher (includes photographs of Fisher taken by Guido Pontecorvo on the Queen Mary Ship 1946). Correspondents: Folder 1: Professor A. R. Fersht, Dr. Ian Josh Fidler, Dr. Isabel Filipe, Professor J. R. S. Fincham Folder 2: Joanne Finley, Dr. Amanda G. Fisher, Dr. Walter Fitch, David Flavell,…
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 130
Extents: 1 box (4 folders)
Dates: 1970-1994
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Correspondents files WAR-WAT, 1975-1993

Subjects include: visit to Cold Spring Harbor; Francis Crick and Ronald Fisher; Report by James Watson on the Human Genome Project. Correspondents: Folder 1: Dr. James D. Watson Folder 2: Dr. Roger Watson, Dr. R. Waters, Dr. Graham Warren, Professor John F. Watkins, Dr. A. Waseem, Dr. M. Waterfield ( =Res.)
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 266
Extents: 1 box (2 folders)
Dates: 1975-1993
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Correspondents TIM-WAR, 1966-1980

Subjects include: Sir Ronald Fisher; protest of visit to London by Professor Marat Vartanian; William Shockley; antenatal detection of haemophiliacs. Correspondents: Folder 1: Dr. Jon Timothy, Dr. Throssell, Alan Ting, Dr. Charles Todd, Dr Alexander Tomasz, Dr. R. Tosi, Dr. T. A. Trautner, Adriano Buzzati-Traverso, Dr. Michael Treisman, Dr. Z. Trnka, Professor A. C. Turnbull, Dr. Bryan…
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 33
Extents: 1 box (4 folders)
Dates: 1966-1980
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Early career and appointments, bulk: Bulk, 1959-1961, Bulk, 1959-1961 1959-1963

Correspondence and papers relating to Bodmer's early research and career, principally the move to the Stanford University in 1961 to work with Professor Joshua Lederberg. Comprises: Folder 1: Mainly correspondence, including exchanges with Sir Ronald Fisher concerning Walter Bodmer's application to a lectureship at Cambridge University. Also includes a research report from a trip to work with…
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 3
Extents: 1 box (4 folders)
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1959-1961; Bulk, 1959-1961 1959-1963
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Figures, illustrations and photographic material, 1983, 1990

Comprises: 'W.H. Bodmer' [sic]. Mounted photographs, tables, negatives and transparencies relating to cancer research. Negatives are labelled 'DOR Metaphase' and 'DOR Karyotype' 'W. Bodmer' (folder originally inscribed 'M. Stoker' which is scored out). Mock up and proof copies of display panel text, tables and illustrative material relating to monoclonal antibodies and DQ and associated…
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 1934
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1983, 1990
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Journals, magazines and miscellaneous, 1980-1990

Comprises papers relating to: Folder 1: Office of Health Economics, including report entitled 'The Future of Pharmaceuticals: the Potential, Pattern and the Problems', 1983 Folder 2: 'Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology, Jerusalem'. Small bundle of correspondence, 1983 Folder 3: Birmingham and West Midlands Cancer Registry, 1982-1984 …
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 1650
Extents: 1 box (7 folders)
Dates: 1980-1990
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Papers relating to articles and essays, 1989-1991

Comprises correspondence, notes, drafts, proofs, photographic material and other papers relating to: Folder 1: Bodmer, W.F. (1990). 'Science' for all. Science and Public Affairs. The Royal Society London 4, 1-2, Bodmer, W.F. (1989). Hereditary colorectal cancer: a commentary. In Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Colorectal Cancer…
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 1913
Extents: 1 box (6 folders)
Dates: 1989-1991
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Photographic slides, 1970-1990s

Box of photographic slides with some labelled by subject or occasion (of lecture). Includes reprints of a group photograph taken outside the ICRF in 1909 and pathology lab and clinic during the 1950s, which possibly formed part of a presentation given by Walter Bodmer at the University of Salford; portrait of R. A. Fisher; HLA research on the DW region; colorectal cancer research; population research; polymorphism and gene duplication; work carried out by the British Association for the…
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 1972
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1970-1990s
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Photographic slides, n.d.

Box of slides, with some labelled by subject or occasion (of lecture). Slides include images of electrophoresis test; England and Wales cancer population research; FAP and APC mutations research; photographic images of individuals including R. A. Fisher with one slide labelled 'Dorothy Hodgkin hands'. Some slides are commercially produced and inscribed 'Oxford Medical Illustration John Radcliffe Hospital'.
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 1978
Extents: 1 box
Dates: n.d.
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Royal Society miscellaneous, 1982-2002

Comprises: Folder 1: Royal Society notices, circulars and newsletters, 1990-2002 Folder 2: Correspondence and papers relating to Proceedings and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Includes typescript copy of 'Genetic Sequences: Fifteenth Fisher Memorial Lecture' by Sir Walter Bodmer delivered in Cambridge 1990 on the centenary of Ronald Fisher's…
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 1531 ( =Res.)
Extents: 1 box (3 folders)
Dates: 1982-2002
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Sir Ronald Fisher Memorial Committee, 1974-1986

General Committee correspondence and papers, mostly concerning arrangements and invitations to the 13th Fisher Memorial Lecture with Professor Stephen Sigler speaking on Francis Galton. Also contains some minutes, annotated reprints, manuscript notes and a paper by Anthony W. F. Edwards.
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 1557
Extents: 1 box (2 folders)
Dates: 1974-1986
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Sir Ronald Fisher Memorial Committee, 1987-1992

Correspondence, much of which relates to a proposal to create the Fisher Chair of Statistics in Cambridge, including a report on statistics at Cambridge by Anthony W. F. Edwards, and the centenary celebrations organised by the Committee with the Royal Society, Royal Statistical Society and the Biometric Society. Also contains minutes of meetings and the text of Walter Bodmer's lecture of the Fifteenth Fisher Memorial Lecture with background papers.`
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 1558
Extents: 1 box (2 folders)
Dates: 1987-1992
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Sir Ronald Fisher Memorial Committee, 1993-1997

General correspondence and minutes of meetings. Includes the draft text of the Second Sir Ronald Fisher Lecture given by Anthony W. F. Edwards and a colour photograph of Edwards.
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 1559
Extents: 1 box (2 folders)
Dates: 1993-1997
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Sir Ronald Fisher Memorial Committee of Great Britain, 1989-1990

Large bundle of material relating to the Ronald A. Fisher Centenary Celebration, Cambridge, 23-24 March 1990 (including Fifteenth Fisher Memorial Lecture 'Genetic Sequences' by Walter Bodmer) and Exhibition at Royal Society Soiree, London, 20-21 June 1990. Papers include correspondence, Fisher Memorial Committee minutes, bookmarks, labels, photographs, transparency, text of Walter Bodmer's memorial lecture, and associated papers. Also contains two small cases of slides featuring exhibits,…
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 1560
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1989-1990
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Sir Ronald Fisher Memorial Committee of Great Britain, 1990

Large bundle of material relating to the Ronald A. Fisher Centenary Celebration, Cambridge, 23-24 March 1990 (including Fifteenth Fisher Memorial Lecture 'Genetic Sequences' by W.F. Bodmer) and Exhibition at Royal Society Soiree, London, 20-21 June 1990. Papers include correspondence, manuscript notes, printed matter, notes for exhibits, typescript draft of 'Genetic Sequences' and photographs. Also includes manuscript version of address given at Centennial Dinner, Rothamsted Manor, 17…
Shelfmark: MS. Bodmer 1561
Extents: 1 box (3 folders)
Dates: 1990