Papers of M H F Wilkins: press cuttings chiefly relating to Wilkins and DNA history

Newspaper cuttings relating chiefly relating to Wilkins, including: ‘Genetic ‘bomb’ fears grow’, Evening Standard, 24 Nov 1969; ‘From molecules to man’, interview with Wilkins, New Scientist, 9 Aug 1973, with additional photocopies; ‘Third man of peace,' The Times, 1987; Interview with Maurice and Emily Wilkins (daughter) in ‘Relative Values’, The Sunday Times Magazine, [1987]; ‘Fortunate failures I don’t regret’ by Wilkins, The Scientist, 8 Feb 1988; ‘Gas bomb killed 20000’, Morning Star, 25 Mar 1988; ‘Science Fact, Science Fiction’, Science for People, Spring 1989; ‘Great minds on the burning questions’, The Daily Telegraph, 11 Sep 1989; ‘Science, the Gulf war and the WTSW’, Scientific World, Jan 1991; ‘Cracking the code’, Sunday Express, 19 Dec 1993; ‘Forty years of the Double Helix’, The News (King’s College London Newsletter), Jan 1994; letters by Wilkins published in The Times, 8 Jul 1981 and 1 May 1986, and The Guardian, Apr 1987. Also miscellaneous press cuttings, 1989-1991, chiefly from The Guardian and Observer, relating to topics including world peace and broadly cultural issues.

1969-1994

1 file

Evening Standard, New Scientist, The Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Scientist, Morning Star, Science for People, The Daily Telegraph, Scientific World, Sunday Express, The News (King’s College London Newsletter), The Times, The Guardian, Observer

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A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

The original material is held at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.