Item K/PP178/3/5/6 - Copy letter from Wilkins to Francis Crick, Feb 1953, with reference to a recent research presentation by Rosalind Franklin

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K/PP178/3/5/6

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Copy letter from Wilkins to Francis Crick, Feb 1953, with reference to a recent research presentation by Rosalind Franklin

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  • 1953 Feb (Creation)

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2 items

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Photocopies of a personal letter from Wilkins to Francis Crick (subsequently dated by Wilkins ‘Feb 1953’), including reference to Wilkins’ recent ill health, his opinion of Rosalind Franklin’s presentation on her research (28 Jan 1953), and a promise to Crick to note down what Wilkins could recall of the talk

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A significant portion of the collection items are available online in the Maurice Wilkins and Medical Research Council Biophysics Unit archive hosted by the Wellcome Library.

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