Title:

Letter from Francis Crick to Henry R. V. Arnstein

Creator:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Recipient:

Arnstein, Henry R. V.

Date:

14 November 1969

Description:

In the wake of a military coup in Greece in April 1967, scientists debated whether to boycott scientific meetings in Greece as a sign of protest, namely the annual summer school for molecular biologists held on the Greek island of Spetsai. Unlike many of his European colleagues, Crick was not in favor of a boycott because it did not extend to other oppressive regimes and would further undermine the position of Greek scientists. However, he did insist that scientists hold themselves aloof from such regimes by refusing funding from them for their meetings.

Original Repository:

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

Location:

Box: 8. Folder: PP/CRI/D/1/1/1

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:

Government and Political Systems

Format:

Text

Extent:

3 pages

Relation:

Letter from Henry R. V. Arnstein to Francis Crick, 1969
Circular letter from the European Committee of Scientists for Democracy in Greece, 1969

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:

SCBBNY

NLM ID:

101584582X205

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X205

Story Section:

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