Item ADH/2/26 - CC Hurst to AD Hall

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CC Hurst to AD Hall: applying for grants, roses, plots at the Botanic Garden (Cambridge?), Wisley, "Marquis" Wheat, 'genetics of Mind''.

Admin History: Charles Chamberlain Hurst (1870-1947), English geneticist. Hurst inherited a plant nursery business in the Leicestershire village of Burbage. He wrote an early paper proposing that new species evolved from hybridization, based on his orchid knowledge, in 1898. Hurst was a frequent correspondent and friend to William Bateson and helped in the introduction of Mendelian genetics in the early 20th Century. Hurst collected the first data to advance the theory that blue eye color was recessive to brown. He carried out many investigations into the genetics of coat color inheritance in horses, chickens and other domestic animals. As well as studying eye colour in humans he was an ardent eugenicist and believed fervently that the human race could be improved by genetic study. In his book on 'Creative Evolution' he advocated the theory of musical ability based on Mendelian loci. Publications: Hurst, C.C. 1898. Curiosities of orchid breeding. Nature (London) 59: 178-181 Hurst, C.C. & Rolfe R.A. 1909. The Orchid Stud Book Hurst, C.C. 1925. Experiments in Genetics Hurst, C.C. 1926. Origin of species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 138: 30 Hurst, C.C. 1927. Species concept. Report of the British Association, 1926, Oxford Hurst, C.C. 1927. Mechanism of evolution. Eugenics Review 19: 19 Hurst, C.C. 1930. Species concept. Gardener's Chronicle 88: 325 Hurst, C.C. 1931. New species concept. Reports of the International Congress of Botany, 1930. Cambridge Hurst, C.C. 1932. The Mechanism of Creative Evolution. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Hurst, C.C. 1932. A Genetic Formula for the Inheritance of Intelligence in Man Hurst, C.C. 1934. The Genetics of Intellect Hurst, C.C. 1935. Heredity and the Ascent of Man