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WB/K/K.5
Title
BALFOUR, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (former Prime Minister)
Date(s)
- 1920-1925 (Creation)
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Extent: 1 folder
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Correspondence, personal and scientific. One letter concerns seeds of 'Tagetes Star of India'.
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Admin History: Balfour was interested in genetics and was instrumental in obtaining funds for a Chair of Genetics at Cambridge. The Chair was offered to Bateson in 1912 but he declined as he had taken up the Directorship of the John Innes Horticultural Institution in 1910.
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2599, 2600, 2994, 2995
Legacy CALM ID
R345
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