Letter from L S Penrose to J B S Haldane

Date:
21 Nov 1952
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HALDANE/3/3/1/2/17
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Letter from L S Penrose to J B S Haldane. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Letter from L S Penrose to J B S Haldane regarding eugenics, and enclosing his offprints titled Propagation of the Unfit, Lancet, volume 259, 1950, pp.425-427; and The Supposed Threat of Declining Intelligence, American Journal of Mental Deficiency, volume 53 (1), 1948, pp. 145-148. Also enclosed is a manuscript of Haldane's essay titled "Some Arguments Used Concerning Natural and Social Selection".

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21 Nov 1952

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1 letter plus 3 enclosures Letter 2 sides; offprint from the Lancet 7 sides; offprint from the American Journal of Mental Deficiency 5 sides; Haldane's manuscript 9 sides.

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The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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