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Add MS 86840/26
- Record Id:
- 040-000584216
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000375067
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000938.0x000253
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 86840/26
- Title:
- A.W.F. Edwards
- Scope & Content:
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Annotations and manuscripts originally part of a collection of offprints etc. received by John Maynard Smith filed under 'A.W.F. Edwards'. Contents include:
- Note attached to the photocopy of John Arbuthnott (1710), ‘An Argument for Divine Providence, taken from the constant regularity observed in the Births of both Sexes’ Phil. Trans.: 186-190. Note reads: 'Prof. J. Maynard Smith, Sussex. Many congratulations on a splendid lecture. I'm not sure if you are familiar with the last thing I wrote on THE sex ratio; the other paper is very relevant also! Anthony'.
- Publication list of A.W.F. Edwards. Articles dealing with 'Sex ratio' marked with *. 'Comments on Schutzenberger…' on folio 1 marked 'not worth reading'. 'Distribution and sequences of sexes…' on folio 2 marked 'very binomial'. Final folio marked with 'etc'.
- Annotation to 'The History of Likelihood' by A.W.F. Edwards. Annotation reads: 'from the author with best wishes.'
- Annotation to 'The limitations of population models' by A.W.F. Edwards. Annotation reads: 'THIS ONE TO BE READ! Antonio'.
The date range of the original collection of offprints etc. filed under 'A.W.F. Edwards' is 1960-1974; 1710.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000375067
036-000375075
040-000584216 - Is part of:
- Add MS 86569-86840 : John Maynard Smith Archive
Add MS 86840 : Annotations and manuscripts with offprints received by John Maynard Smith
Add MS 86840/26 : A.W.F. Edwards - Hierarchy:
- 032-000375067[0007]/036-000375075[0024]/040-000584216
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 86569-86840
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 4 loose items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1961
- End Date:
- 1974
- Date Range:
- 1961-1974
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)