Material relating to geographical distribution of colour (blindness and defects)

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 155/3/9/2/3
• Dates of Creation:1 Dec 1953-25 Feb 1955
• Language of Material:German
• Physical Description:
  2 articles (34 pages), 63 loose pages

• Scope and Content

  Includes correspondence between Professor Hans Kalmus and Sir Bryan Harold Cabot Matthews, Leiutenant Commander Dean Farnsworth, Professor Takai Komai, Professor G Waaler, Dr Knud Bojlen, Dr Katherine Tansley and Professor Philip E Vernon regarding data on the frequence of colour blindness in populations. Also includes typescript and manuscript data, wartime reports on frequency of colour blindness ( in German), and other related notes.

• Personal Names

  Bojlen, Knud, fl 1950s, immunologist,

  Farnsworth, Dean, fl 1950s, optometrist,

  Kalmus, Hans, 1906-1988, geneticist,

  Komai, Takai, fl 1950s-1990s,

  Matthews, Bryan Harold Cabot, 1906-1986, physiologist,

  Tansley, Katherine, fl 1950s, optometrist,

  Vernon, Philips E, 1905-1987, educational psychologist,

  Waaler, G, fl 1950s,