Catalogue description Report on the papers of Sir Frederick Charles Bawden FRS Plant Pathologist (1908 - 1972) and including papers of Dr. Alfred Alexander Peter Kleczkowski FRS Bio-Mathematician (1908 - 1970) and Norman Wingate Pirie FRS Biochemist

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Details of CSAC 37.1.76
Reference: CSAC 37.1.76
Title: Report on the papers of Sir Frederick Charles Bawden FRS Plant Pathologist (1908 - 1972) and including papers of Dr. Alfred Alexander Peter Kleczkowski FRS Bio-Mathematician (1908 - 1970) and Norman Wingate Pirie FRS Biochemist
Description:

Bawden's close collaboration with scientific colleagues and members of the staff of Rothamsted is shown in the laboratory notebooks (Section B) and in all sections of the correspondence. In particular, his collaborative work with N.W. Pirie and A.A.P. Kleczkowski is kept as a single section (CSAC/1/76/B.1-38, see notes on pps. 3 to 6).

 

Contents of the handlist

 

A. Biographical and Personal CSAC/1/76/A.1- CSAC/1/76/A.12

 

B. Laboratory notebooks (F.C. Bawden, A. Kleczkowski, N.W. Pirie) CSAC/1/76/B.1- CSAC/1/76/B.38

 

C. Scientific correspondence CSAC/1/76/C.1- CSAC/1/76/C.40

 

D. Correspondence on overseas visits CSAC/1/76/D.1- CSAC/1/76/D.60

 

E. Correspondence on lectures and conferences CSAC/1/76/E.1- CSAC/1/76/E.20

 

F. Correspondence on publications CSAC/1/76/F.1- CSAC/1/76/F.12
Note:

Listed by Jeannine Alton and Harriot Weiskittel

 

The help of Lady Bawden and Miss Mildred Ashford (Bawden's secretary) is gratefully acknowledged.

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Date: 1936 - 1973
Related material:

Personal correspondence remains in the possession of Lady Bawden. Some of Bawden's correspondence and papers dealing with Rothamsted Experimental Station are held there.

 

Miss Helen Kleczkowski retains some personal papers of her father.
Held by: Royal Society, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Bawden, Sir, Frederick Charles, 1908-1978, Knight, scientist, plant pathologist
Physical description: 6 series, 182 files
Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers, which cover the years 1936-73, were received from Lady Bawden, from Rothamsted Experimental Station, and from the Royal Society.

 

Dr. Kleczkowski's notebook (CSAC/1/76/B.38) was received from Miss Helen Kleczkowski (daughter)

 

The papers are not yet necessarily all available for consultation.
Subjects:
  • Phytochemistry
  • Plant diseases
Administrative / biographical background:

Summary of the career of Sir Frederick Bawden

 

B. 1908 North Tawton, Devon Educated at Okehampton Grammar School

 

1925-26 Crediton Grammar School

 

1926-30 Emmanuel College, Cambridge

 

1928 First Class, Natural Sciences Tripos

 

1930-36 Research Assistant to R.N. Salaman, Potato Virus Research Station, Cambridge

 

1934 Married Marjorie Elizabeth Cudmore

 

1936-40 Virus Physiologist, Plant Pathology Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden

 

1940-58 Head of Plant Pathology Department, Rothamsted

 

1949 Fellow of the Royal Society

 

1950-58 Deputy Director, Rothamsted

 

1958-72 Director, Rothamsted

 

1967 Knighthood

 

1968 Treasurer of Royal Society

 

(See also CSAC/1/76/A.1, CSAC/1/76/A.2)

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