Papers of Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith, correspondence relating to references and recommendations

Includes correspondence relating to references and recommendations written by Ferguson-Smith for people applying for jobs and for grant applications.

The Wellcome Library does not hold a digitised copy of UGC 188/3/11 as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics. Items from UGC 188/3/11 may be viewed in the searchroom at Archive Services, University of Glasgow. Please visit the Glasgow University Archive Services website or see the complete catalogue for full details.

The files described below are arranged into separate folders which contain loose pages of correspondence and related papers.

Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith (1931- ) is a celebrated geneticist whose work on gene mapping has shaped our understanding of human evolution. Ferguson-Smith graduated MB, ChB in 1955 and was appointed a lecturer in Medical Genetics at the University in 1961. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1965 , a Reader in 1971, and Professor of Medical Genetics in 1973. He was also Honorary Consultant in Medical Paediatrics at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children from 1966 and in Clinical Genetics at Yorkhill and Associated Hospitals from 1973 to 1987. In 1987, Ferguson-Smith left Glasgow to become Professor of Pathology and Professorial Fellow at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. He was also Director of the Cambridge University Centre for Medical Genetics from 1989. For a complete biography see the Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith collection description.

All of the material in this series is restricted in accordance with Data Protection legislation.