Fonds
Woodger Papers
Catalogue reference: WOODGER
What’s it about?
This record is about the Woodger Papers dating from 1922-1980.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections.
Can I see it in person?
Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WOODGER
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Title (The name of the record)
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Woodger Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1922-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers, 1922-1980, of Joseph Henry Woodger, consisting of research and personal notebooks, research files, manuscript and typescript drafts of works, correspondence, photographs and printed material.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Woodger; J. H. (Joseph Henry) (1894-1981); philosopher of biology and theoretical biologist
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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25 boxes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Restricted access pending cataloguing. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Presented by Woodger's son Michael in 1990.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- List of correspondents (Section C) available on request.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Woodger was born on 2 May 1894 and was educated at Felsted School in Essex, showing an early interest in biology. He went to University College London (UCL) in 1911 to read zoology. He served during the First World War. In 1919 he resumed his scholarship at UCL and carried out research there until 1922. He then went to the Department of Biology at the University of London Middlesex Hospital Medical School as a Reader, where he lectured. He wrote a text-book for his biology students in which he drew most of the illustrations himself. In 1926 he went to Vienna to study for a term under Przibram. He became interested in the philosophy of science and on his return to England continued to study it. He became Professor of Biology at the Medical School in 1947. He retired in 1959. Woodger published many writings on the biological sciences. He died on 8 March 1981.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e284625a-c49b-4eba-ba72-fd97c6aa0191/
Catalogue hierarchy
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