FOX, Harold Munro

FOX_HAROLD_MUNRO

csac 10/4/74 THE ROYAL SOCIETY THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS Committee on Scientific and Technological Records CONTEMPORARY SCIENTIFIC ARCHIVES CENTRE Papers of PROFESSOR HAROLD MUNRO FOX, F.R.S. (1889 - 1967) Listed bys Jeannine Alton Harriot Weiskittel Deposited in the College Archives, Imperial College of Science & Technology 1974 London HM. Fox csac 10/4/74 Description of the collection. le The papers cover the years 1905 ~ 1967. All notebooks and lectures are manuscript with the exception of the scripts of Professor Fox's broadcast talks to schools. Professor Fox was an accomplished linguist; French,German and Italian, as well.as Inglish,are used in the notebooks,lectures and correspondence; an appropriate indication is given in the handlist. Summary of the career of Professor Fox. } b. 1889 (at birth Harold Munro Fuchs; the form 'Foxt was used during service in the 1914— 18 War,and adopted by deed poll). 1902 Brighton College 1908 ~ 11. Caius College,Cambridge (Senior Scholar) 1911 — 1912 Plymouth Laboratory 1912 Naples 1913 —~ 14 1914 ~ 18 Lecturer in Zoology,Royal College of Science,London (now Imperial College) War service in Balkans,Egypt,Salonika,Palestine 1919 ~ 23 Lecturer in Biology,Government School of Medicine,Cairo 1920 - 28 Fellow,Caius College 1924 Zoological Expedition to Suez Canal 1926 — 67 Editor,Biological Reviews 1927 ~ 41 Professor of Zoology, Birmingham University 1931 1937 Married Natalia Lvovna Mertens Fellow of the Royal Society 1941 ~ 55 Professor of Zoology,Bedford College, London 1950 - 53 President,International Union of Biological Sciences 1953 — 56 Fullerian Professor of Phystology,Royal Institution 1955 - 67 Emeritus Professor, Bedford College,London Research Assistant and Fellow,Queen Mary College,London 1959 1966 Gold Medal,Linnean Society Darwin Medal,Royal Society H.M. Fox csac 10/4/74 2. Contents of the handlist. items I. JA Biographical II. Notebooks and working papers III. Broadcast talks to schools IV. Lectures Ve Publications VI. Correspondence VII. Index to principal correspondents 5 - 24 25 ~ 30 31 =~ 50A 51 =- 54 55 — Ti Page 2] 2 3 4 5 5 6 I.Biographical 1. 2. Memoir,by J.E.Smith, Biographical Menoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol.14,1968,207 — 222 Misc.biographical material; photographs,menus and souvenirs of Brighton College,Caius College,Cambridge 1905 — 1911; social life in London 1936 — 55 3. Msc.biographical material; MeA. Cambridge ,1919 Letter of thanks on retirement,Bedford College, 1954 Letters of thanks for lectures as Fullerian Professor,Royal Institution etc. 1956 — 57 4. Honours,Appointments and Awards 1937 — 65 Membre correspondant ,Société de Biologie,Paris Associé,Académie Royale de Belgique Membre correspondant, Société Philomathique de Paris Professor Emeritus, London Gold Medal,Linnean Society Fellow, Institute of Biology Doctor,Honoris Causa,Bordeaux (with presentation speech by Dr. Robert Weill and biographical sketch by Fox) 1937 1948 1945 1954 1959 1963 1965 II. Notebooks and workingpapers. 5. ‘Army Book 152',inscribed 'H.1M.F. Suez.sept.1915' in front, geometrical theorems in Italian and French; at back, tAn Introduction to Mathemetics by A.lN.Whitehead. El Shatti, Suez.April 1916 and notes on books by Glazebrook,Soddy and others. 1915,1916 6. Suez Canal Expedition Oct.1924 to Jan 1925. Photographs, journal,scientific observations. 1924 — 25 7 - i7 Laboratory notebooks numbered I — XI by Munro Fox 7. %I. Work on Chlorocruorin at Roscoff,Cambridge & Birmingham 1925 — 29 (pages numbered 1 ~ 99 + 8 unnumbered pages at end 8. II Work on Spirogaphis at Banyuls, Birminghan,Tamaris,Naples 1931 - 34 H.M. Fox CSAC 10/4/74 9. TIL. Work at Tamaris (fol.i~9,in French), Birmingham (fol.i-20), Kristineberg (fol.1~i0),Birmingham (fol.1-24),Tamaris (fol. 1~12,inFrench),Kristineberg (fol.1~16),Tamaris (fol.1-16 in French and Bnglish),/illport,Birmingham (fol. i—4) 10. Iv. ‘Pigment Lectures! on cover; inside,experimental observations 1935 — 39 Tanaris,Birmingham (in French and English) ii. Ve Misc. expts.& observations on Daphnia,Oxygen Dissociation Curves,etc. 12. VI. ‘'Napoli,Agosto 1947. Chlorocruorin and Haemoglobin. ! ‘Partial Index! at end. 13. VII. !Research Notes.August 1949 to September 1952.'; with place—index on front page and subject—index at end. 14. VIII.'Research Notes. September 1952 to August 1954. Bedford College.' 1943 — 47 1947 - 49 1949 - 52 1952 - 54 15. IX. ‘Research Notes. August 1954. Arcachon. Queen Mary College. Pallanza. Split.' 1954 16. Xe. "Book X. Ostracoda. Cladocera.! (in Italian,Russian,German, French), with related correspondence. 17. XI. 'Book XI.! Small notebook. (dated 1966 by Mrs. Munro Fox) 18. 19. Notebook 'Richerche',notes and ideas for experiments. 20. Work on Daphnia. 1960 — 65 1965 ~ 67 1966 n.d. 1943 ~ 61 Articles & bibliographies;notes on books read. Correspondence with D.J.Scourfield Correspondence with Metropolitan Water Board,Chelsea Physic Garden,Royal Botanic Garden,Kew. 1943 - 49 1961 2i. 22. Misc. notes & working papers on Ostracods Chirocephalus diaphanus. Correspondence following Fox's request for information in 'News for Naturalists.' 1960 — 61 236 Misc. working notes. 24. 'Funny Names.'; notes on scientific nomenclature of plants & animals,& related correspondence. 1942 — III. Broadcast talks to schools,1937 — 39. Typescript,some with MS. corrections 25. Biology in the Service of Man: Term I . Biology and Food. 12 talks Sept. — Dec. 26. Biology in the Service of Man: Term ITI 10 talks Jan,— March Ol. Health. Talks for the Fourth Term. 12 talks Sept. ~ Dec. 1937 1938 1938 H.M. Fox csac 10/4/74 28. Biology in the Service of Man: Term II 10 talks Jan — March 29. Biology in the Service of Man Evolution. 8 talks May — June 1939 30. "Finny letters about broadcasts’ (mainly attacking Fox's mention of Darwin and Evolution in his broadcasts; some appreciative.) IV Lectures. A. 1939 1939 1938 — 39 Bis 32. 336 346 35+ 366 37s 38. 39+ 40. 41. 42. 43. AD- 46. NNELIDA. Lectures, practicals,'Extra Notes', "Locomotion! 1953 - 54 BEHAVIOUR Lectures,practicals. Corresp: 0.#.Lowenstein COLORATION Lectures,practicals Cytological technigque,Pharmacology, Biochemistry FISHES Lectures,practicals. Corresp: H.W.Lissman 1954 GENETICS GEOLOGY HISTORY LUMINESCENCE MOLLUSCA MUSCLES Lectures,practicals,diagrams PARASITISM PHYSIOLOGY POLYZOA Lectures,practicals REGENERATION Lectures,practicals,diagrams STATISTICS Lectures,diagrams. Corresp: R.Whitney AT. VARIOUS Oxygen and Life Reminiscences of a Biologist Microspectroscopy The Moon and Life (2) Life between the Tide Marks 48. 49. ZOOGEOGRAPHY Lectures,diagrams ,drawings Notes for practicals 1954 1954 — 55 50. 'SUEZ' Lectures given at various places and dates. With photographs. HM. Fox esac 10/4/74 50A. Lectures on colour in animals,respiratory pigments, blood,etc. (English, French, German, Italian) V. Publications. 51. 52. 536 D4. tThe Nature of Animal Colours! by H.}Munro Fox and Gwynne Vevers, London, 1960. Revision copy with Ms corrections & notes. 'Les Ostracodes dteau douce des environs d'Arcachon.* Article submitted and accepted for publication in Bull. dl. Soc, Zool. de France. Corrected typescript and correspondence (in French). ‘More new and interesting cyprids (Crustacea, Ostracoda ) in Britain.! (J.Wat. Hist.) Ms left unfinished at Munro Fox's death and completed by J.eGreen and Barbara Gilchrist. Misc. publications — short notes, letters,obituaries etc. De 1947 ~ 63 4960 1366 VI.Correspondence. Professor Fox's filing of letters by topic or correspondent has been preserved}; unsorted letters have been put in date order where possible. D5° 56. 5 1 . 58. 59« Correspondence re Fox's S.R.C.grant for work on freshwater Ostracods Comments on work and research projects. (to be consulted only with written permission of the Archivist) Biological Reviews includes Fox's history of Biological Reviews, 1956; Fox edited Biologival Reviews from 1926 until his death. with Frank Lambert on Pigments 60. - on Longevity in invertebrates 61. 62. 63. 64. 65s 66. with Henri Gautier (in French ) with Dom Remack Rome 0.S.B. (in French) with T.Petkovski (in German) from G.Fryer with Mary Hazleton (Cave Research Group of Great Britain) with Graziella Arrichini (in Italian) 668 with colleagues in Yugoslavia 67. “personal and scientific correspondence 1966 — 67 1963 — 66 1957 - 66 1956 — 59 1953 — 58 1962 1962 1962 — 66 1962 — 66 1964 — 66 1965 — 66 1966 1956 1936 - 49 HLM. Fox CSAC 10/4/74 68. personal and scientific correspondence 69. personal and scientific correspondence 70 personal and scientific correspondence 7i. personal and scientific correspondence VII. Index to principal correspondents. 6. 1950 = 53 1954 ~ 58 1959 - 61 1962 — 70 and undated Nos. refer to Items AXIDRE, Mare ARDO,Paul ARRICHINI,Graziella ASCOLI ,Pierre BARKER, Dennis CANNON ,H, Graham CARDOT,H. CHAPLIN, Arthur (Viscount ) CLARK ,R.B. CLEGG, John CLITANDRE,S. COULSON, Charles A. de BEER,Sir Gavin Rylands DELORME, L. D. DORN ,Peter EWEN,R. F, FAGE,Louis FALK,John FAURE-FREMIET , Emmanuel FOX,Denis FREEMAN, Paul FRYER,G. GALLIFORD,A. Le GAUTIER , Henri 68 66 71 71 24 67 ra 60 70 69 71 24, 71 71 69 69 59 59,71 69 68 64 68 61 “HLM. Fox csac 10/4/74 GILCHRIST, Barbara GOLDSCHMIDT , Elizabeth GOODWIN,L. G. GORDON.I. GRAY , Charles GRIMALDI,Ettore R. HARDING, J. P. P, HARTMANN , Gerd HARTREE,E.| HAZLETON , Mary HELLER Emilia HEMMING ,Francis HILL,M. HILL, Robert (Robin) B. HOGBEN , Lancelot HORNE,John Eric HRBACEK J. gantatfKx,ant. KEILIN , David KERR,John Graham KNAPP-—FISHER,J. Se KURIAN,C. Vv. LAMBERT ,Frank LASER ,H. LATTIMER , Nevill LE BRETON,£E. LISSMAN ,Hans Werner LOFFLER Heinz LOWENSTEIN ,Otto Egon MANN ,K. He MASCHLER , Tom MENAKER , Walter MONRO ,C. C. A. MOORE,H. Je Te 69 68 68 67,70 68 71 68,69 71 67,68 65 16 69 71 70 71 71 68 67 71 24 70 71 58 67 71 70 2 16 32 60 70 70 67 68 H.M. Fox csac 10/4/74 MORTSON~SCOTT , Terence MORTON , John MOSS , Frank MUNDIE,J. Harold MURALT,A. von NIELSEN , Anker H. PARRY J. PETKOVSKI,. POISSON ,Elizabeth RAMAZOTTI , Giuseppe REDFIELD,Alfred C. ROBINSON, Conmar ROME,Dom Remack OSB ROOTS ,B. I. ROSS Helen HE. ROTHSCHILD,Hon. Miriam SCHMITT Waldo L. SCOURFIELD,D. Je SMITH Sir William Wright SPROSTON ,Nora G. TABENKIN , B. TIFFON , Yves TONNOLLI , Livia TONNOLLI ,Vittorio TRIEBEL,E. TURNER , Joseph WARBURTON ,P. WHITNEY ,Reg. WILSON , Douglas ZWILLING,K. K. 24 10 69 68 68 68 70 63 69 71 67 70 62 70 71 24 71 20 24 67 68 70 71 68,69,71 ve 68 69 A6 60