Papers of M H F Wilkins: papers relating to Wilkins’ paternal grandfather and great grandfather

Papers relating to William Wilkins (Wilkins’ grandfather) and William Mortimer Wilkins (Wilkins’ great grandfather), including: draft accounts of their lives, aspects of which were used in chapter 1, ‘Distant shores’, in Wilkins’ autobiography, The third man of the double helix (Oxford University Press, 2003); three photocopies of lecture, ‘The modern ideal of womanhood’, given by William Wilkins, with Wilkins’ annotations; copy of tribute to William Wilkins, from The Erasmian, Dec 1954, written by Maurice Wilkins senior (Wilkins’ uncle and son of William Wilkins); postcard from Maurice Wilkins senior to Eithne Wilkins (Wilkins’ sister) regarding alleged mention of William Wilkins in Ulysses by James Joyce, Sep 1953; related manuscript research notes, newspaper cuttings, and correspondence.

1877-1991

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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.