KIRBY, David

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KIRBY_DAVID

THE ROYAL SOCIETY THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS Committee on Scientific and Technological Records csac 13/7/74 CONTEMPORARY SCIENTIFIC ARCHIVES CENTRE Papers of DR. DAVID KIRBY (1932 = 1969) Listed by: Jeannine Alton Harriot Weiskittel Deposited in the Bodleian Library, Oxford 1974 D. Kirby csac 13/7/74 Description of the collection 1. The papers cover the years 1961 — 69 and relate entirely to Dr. Kirby's work on embryology and reproductive physiology. received from Dr. W.D. Billington. Sir Alan Bullock, Master of St. Catherine's College Oxford and Mr. A-E.L. Todd. Short tributes are included by They were A file referring to Kirby's fellowship at St. Catherine's College, and to his accident, is in the care of the Master of St. Catherine's and may be consulted only with his permission. The David Kirby Memorial Fund provides a David Kirby Bursary, awarded annually in the University of Oxford (See Item 2). Summary of the career of Dr. Kirby be. 1932 Educated Melton Mowbray Grammar School 1950 - 52 National Service, RAF. 1954 Durham University (Zoology) 1957 1958 1960 1963 1964 Research student, Department of Zoology, Oxford. D.Phil. Married Joan Wilson Ford Foundation Research Rellow, London Zoological Society Senior Research Officer Senior Research Officer, Department of Zoology, Oxford (supported by the Medical Research Council) Fellow and Tutor in Zoology, St. Catherine's College Oxford 1965 Dy. Kirby died in 1969 after injuries received in a car accident Contents of the handlist Items 1,2 I. Biographical II. Laboratory notebooks III. Lectures Page 1 2 2 2 3 IV. Ve Ie 1. 26 3-8 9 10 — 29 Correspondence Index to principal correspondents Biographical Biographical memoir, Journal of Reproductive Fertility, 21, 379=381, 1970 Address by the Vice-Chancellor and Master of St. Catherine's College (Sir Alan Bullock) at Kirby's Memorial Service, 27 November 1969; biographical note by Mr. A.E.L. Todd, 1974; notes on the David Kirby Memorial Fund (Statutes, Decrees and Regulations of the University of Oxford, Chapter IX, 154) D. Kirby csac 13/7/74 Il. Laboratory notebooks 3. 4e 5. 6. 7. 8s Ms. notebook: ‘operations 1* (in various hands) Ms. notebook: *operations 2° Ms. notebooks ‘operations 3° Ms. notebooks operations 4' " " " Ms. notebook: ‘operations 5, experiments' (in various hands) Ms. notebook: ‘operations 6, experiments' " 26 1963 = 64 1964 = 65 1965 = 66 1966 — 67 1967 — 69 1969 III. Lectures 96 Notes for lectures on miscellaneous topics in reproductive physiology ned IV. Correspondence 10. re grant from Zoological Society of London 11. re grant by British Empire Cancer Campaign 12. re grant by the Nuffield Foundation 13. xe grant by Medical Research Council 14. re various applications for research grants: University of Indiana Cecil Foster Fund (Oxford University) Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd The Spastics Society The Lackey Bequest (Oxford University) The Lalor Foundation The Pathfinder Fund World Health Organization National Insitute of Health The British Council The Royal Society Tenovus 15. Miscellaneous reports on research 16. re lecturership in embryology, York 17. xe testimonials and grants for students 18..—23. Scientific correspondence 18. 19. 21. 22. 23. 1960 — 62 1963 1965 1966 1967 1962 = 63 1962 — 63 1962, 1966 1968 — 69 1963 ~ 69 1963 — 69 1963 — 64 1964 — 66 1963 ~ 68 D. Kirby CSAC 13/7/74 24. Miscellaneous requests for reprints,to visit the lab etc 25. Miscellaneous correspondence re equipment and animals used for experiments 26. re publications, refereeing papers 27. xe invitations to lecture, to conferences and symposia 28. miscellansous correspondence 296 Correspondence re St. Catherine's College; miscellaneous undated letters Vv. Index to principal correspondents (numbers refer to Items) ADAMS, Professor W. E. . BAGSHAWE, Dr. Kenneth D. BIGGERS, Professor J. De. 19 26 19 BILLINGHAM, Dr. Rupert Ee. | 20, 21,24 36 1961 — 66 1962 — 66 1962 = 67 1962 — 68 1962 — 67 1962 BISHOP, Dr. Marcus W. H. BLAND, Dr. Keith BRAMBELL, Professor Francis William Rogers ~~ , BRENT, Professor Leslie BRUCE, Dr. M. H. BRYSON, David BUTTLE, Professor Gladwin Albert Hurst CHANG, Dr. Me C. CHESTER—JONES, Professor Ian CLARK, Professor C. A. COWELL, Thomas CURREY, John DANIEL, Dr. Joseph C. DAVIES, Professor David Vaughan DEANESLEY, Dr. Ruth DICKMAN, Dr. Zeev DINSLEY, Dr. Marjorie DONOVAN, Professor Bernard T. EARMANN, Dr. Robert L. 18,26 20,21 17,29 22,27 22 21 22,24 23 21 23,26 20 13 26 26 19,20,21,22 21,24,27 18 17 19,20 D. Kirby csac 13/7/74 FINN, Dr. Colin HADDOW, Professor Sir Alexander - HANCOCK, Dr. James L. HARDY, Sir Alister HARRIS, Professor Geoffrey W. HARVEY, Professor William R. HEPPLESTON, Professor Alfred Gordon HOGARTH, Peter J. HULL, Dr. Peter JONES, Professor I. C. KERR, Dr. Melville G. KROHN, Professor Peter Leslie McLAREN, Dr. Anne MANN, Dr. Cecilia MANN, Professor Thaddeus MAYER, Professor G. NEW, Dr. D.AeTe NOYES, Professor Robert OBER, Dr. William B. PARKES, Professor Sir Alan Sterling PETROV, Dr. Vladimir POTTS, Dr. Malcolm M. PRINGLE, Professor John William Sutton ROWLANDS, Dr. I. We _ SCOTT, Professor James C. SIMMONS, Dr. Richard Le THORN, Sir Jules A. 22 20,21,27 26 17 20,27 19 17,28 22 22 19 27 10,19 19, 20,21,23,26,27 24 21,27 22 19,24 19 20 13,17,19,21,27 23 26 13417 10,18, 19, 22,27 20,21,22 20,22, 24 14 D. Kirby csac 13/7/74 VALLANCE, Dr. De K. VAUGHAN, Dame Janet WEIS-FOGH, Professor WILLIAMSON, Professor Mark WYNN, Dr. Ralph M YOUNG, Professor J. Stretton YOUNG, Professor John Zachary ZIPPER, Dr. Je 23 12 12 16517,21 22 18,21 17 22