Material concerning science in the Soviet Union
- Reference:GB 237 Coll-1255/7/8
- Dates of Creation:1943-1997
- Language of Material:English Russian
- Physical Description:3 folders
Scope and Content
Contains publications, photocopied articles from various authors, news clippings and Beale's own handwritten notes concerning science in the Soviet Union, particularly the figure of Trofim Lysenko. Also contains Beale's notes for a seminar on Lysenko delivered to the Glasgow University Biology Club in November 1948, and a typed proof copy of his review of The Rise and Fall of T.D. Lysenko by Zhores A. Medvedev, titled 'The Cult of T.D. Lysenko - thirty appalling years', together with accompanying letter from the Science Journal (September 1969).
Administrative / Biographical History
Beale's interest in Russia stemmed from the Second World War, when he was in the Intelligence Corps (Field Security) Army Base Unit convoy posted in Archangel in 1941. Beale had some Russian already and was fluent by the time he returned. He kept up a correspondence with various Russian scientists throughout his lifetime, and retained an interest in the fate of science during the Soviet Union, particularly the career of Soviet biologist and agronomist Trofim Lysenko.
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