Papers concerning Sang's appointment at the Animal Breeding and Genetics Research Organisation

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-1391/1
• Dates of Creation:May - June 1948
• Name of Creator:
  Sang, James Henderson, 1912-2002 (biologist and geneticist)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 folder

• Scope and Content

  Contains chiefly correspondence between Sang, C.H Waddington, the Agricultural Research Council and the Ministry of Supply, concerning Sang's appointment to the Animal Breeding and Genetics Research Organisation.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Sang was appointed Principal Scientific Officer on the staff of the Agricultural Research Council's Animal Breeding and Genetics Research Organisation (ABGRO, later renamed ABRO) from 01 July 1948, under the directorship of R.G White but directly reporting to C.H. Waddington, Chief Geneticist.

• Subjects

  Appointment to Office

• Personal Names

  Waddington, Conrad Hal, 1905-1975 (embryologist and professor of animal genetics, University of Edinburgh)

• Corporate Names

  Ministry of Supply (1939-1959)