Title:

Letter from Francis Crick to John T. Edsall, Fogarty International Center

Creator:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Recipient:

Fogarty International Center and Edsall, John T.

Date:

29 March 1971

Description:

In his letter Crick called for "constructive approaches" to research on the interaction of heredity and environment in the formation of intelligence, an issue brought to the forefront of public debate in the late 1960s by the writings of William Shockley and Arthur Jensen. In particular, Crick called for more research on identical twins separated at birth.

Original Repository:

The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers

Location:

Box: 22. Folder: PP/CRI/D/2/14

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. and http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Genetics and Environment

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

Letter from John T. Edsall, Fogarty International Center to Francis Crick, 1971
Letter from John T. Edsall, Fogarty International Center to Francis Crick, 1971

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers. 11646. URL. http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/

Legacy ID:

SCBBNK

NLM ID:

101584582X194

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X194

Story Section:

Embryology and the Organization of DNA in Higher Organisms, 1966-1976