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Woodger Papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 WOODGER

Held at: University College London

Title: Woodger Papers

Date(s): 1922-1980

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 25 boxes

Name of creator(s): Woodger | J.H. (Joseph Henry) | 1894-1981 | philosopher of biology and theoretical biologist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Woodger was born on 2 May 1894 and was educated at Felsted School in Essex, showing an early interest in biology. He went to University College London (UCL) in 1911 to read zoology. He served during the First World War. In 1919 he resumed his scholarship at UCL and carried out research there until 1922. He then went to the Department of Biology at the University of London Middlesex Hospital Medical School as a Reader, where he lectured. He wrote a text-book for his biology students in which he drew most of the illustrations himself. In 1926 he went to Vienna to study for a term under Przibram. He became interested in the philosophy of science and on his return to England continued to study it. He became Professor of Biology at the Medical School in 1947. He retired in 1959. Woodger published many writings on the biological sciences. He died on 8 March 1981.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, 1922-1980, of Joseph Henry Woodger, consisting of research and personal notebooks, research files, manuscript and typescript drafts of works, correspondence, photographs and printed material.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Conditions governing access:

Open. This collection is not fully catalogued and UCL Special Collections may require four weeks notice prior to providing access. Please contact UCL Special Collections for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

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Finding aids:

Draft list.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Woodger's son Michael in 1990.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: 1999; updated July 2018


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Biologists | Scientists | Scientific personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Photographs | Visual materials
Science philosophy | Science of science
Philosophy of science x Science philosophy
Biology
Philosophy
Research work

Personal names
Woodger | Joseph Henry | 1894-1981 | biologist

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