Janus: Papers of Sir Joseph Larmor

St John's Library/Larmor/To Larmor contains:
Adams, John Couch	Letter from John Couch Adams
Adams, William Grylls	Letters from William Grylls Adams
Baker	Letters from Henry Frederick Baker
Bateson	Letters from William Bateson
Bennet	Letters from Geoffrey Thomas Bennet
Besant	Letters from William Henry Besant
Bonney	Letters from Thomas George Bonney
Brill	Letter from John Brill
Brindley	Letter from Harold Hulme Brindley
Burbury	Letters from Samuel Hawksley Burbury
Burnside	Letters from William Burnside
See later -->

More information

Please feel free to contact the repository.

Papers of Sir Joseph Larmor

Title	Letters from William Bateson
Reference	Bateson
Creator	Bateson, William (1861-1926)
Covering Dates	1889–1916
Extent and Medium	12 letters, 1 postcard; paper

Content and context

Larmor Collection, 1942

Index Terms

Bateson, William (1861-1926) biologist

St John's Library/Larmor/Bateson contains:

W1.Na-Be.Bateson W.1

Autograph letter, signed, from St John's. Strongly refutes a statement made by JL concerning the deselection of Stokes [George Gabriel] from the Council of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 'by a caucus of the biologists'. Would like a retraction.
3p; paper; Manuscript.

29 November 1889

W1.Na-Be.Bateson W.2

Copy of letter from JL to William Bateson. Maintains that WB is not entitled to a reply to a charge put and asks that the matter be ended.
1p; paper; Manuscript.

30 November 1889

W1.Na-Be.Bateson W.3

Autograph letter, signed, from St John's College. Gives thanks for receipt of note acknowledging receipt of letter.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

30 November 1889

W1.Na-Be.Bateson W.4

Autograph letter, signed, from Morphology Laboratory, Cambridge. Is solely responsible for the previous letter, though Harmer spoke to him about the subject.
1p; paper; Manuscript.

30 November 1889

W1.Na-Be.Bateson W.5

Autograph letter, signed, from St John's College. Apologises for speaking to JL in the manner he did the previous day but hopes that JL will act in the manner suggested.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

30 November 1889

W1.Na-Be.Bateson W.6

Autograph letter, signed, from Sidney Frederic Harmer, King's College, Cambridge. Would like to distance himself from the letter sent by Bateson to JL concerning the non-election of G. G. Stokes to the Cambridge Philosophical Society Council. Points out that there was no plot arranged by the biologists to this effect.
8p; paper; Manuscript.

30 November 1889

W1.Na-Be.Bateson W.7

Autograph letter, signed, from Cambridge. Refers to a comment made by JL the previous evening concerning the 'Mendelians' and believes there should be more open debate of the issues.
3p; paper; Manuscript.

28 May 1903

W1.Na-Be.Bateson W.8

Autograph letter, signed, from Grantchester. Gives thanks for a newspaper cutting and discusses the content regarding the sale of the book 'Materials'. [Materials for the Study of Variation, published in 1894].
2p; paper; Manuscript.

9 February 1907

W1.Na-Be.Bateson W.9

Autograph letter, signed, from Grantchester. Briefly discusses the filling of vacancies.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

3 August 1908

W1.Na-Be.Bateson W.10

Autograph letter, signed. Discusses 'homologous twins'; how they are formed, whether they remain identical and Galton's views. Also notes the problems of collecting evidence relating to human examples.
3p; paper; Manuscript.

14 February 1913

W1.Na-Be.Bateson W.11

Autograph letter, signed, from Merton. Discusses the division of organisms and asks for mathematical evidence to back up a theory.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

22 February 1913

W1.Na-Be.Bateson W.12

Autograph postcard, signed, from Rouen, France. Wishes to discuss ideas regarding intercommunication between sciences when they next meet. Is glad to have gone to Rouen to work.
1; paper; Manuscript.

31 December 1916

W1.Na-Be.Bateson W.13

Autograph letter, signed, form Merton. Thanks JL for a letter recently received concerning 'John' and his 'blithe discharge of duty'.
2p; paper; Manuscript.

31 October 1918