{"id":726,"date":"2013-08-26T09:29:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T09:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/towardsdolly.wordpress.com\/?p=726"},"modified":"2013-09-23T10:18:37","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T10:18:37","slug":"william-batesons-books-in-the-roslin-collection-at-the-university-of-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/towardsdolly\/2013\/08\/26\/william-batesons-books-in-the-roslin-collection-at-the-university-of-edinburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"William Bateson\u2019s Books in the Roslin Collection at the University of Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1908, biologist William Bateson (1861-1926) became Britain\u2019s first professor of genetics at the University of Cambridge. He was known for his interest in studying inheritance traits and Mendel\u2019s research and was the first to translate his works into English.\u00a0<\/span>With Reginald Crundall Punnett, Bateson published a series of breeding experiments that extended Mendel\u2019s theory to animals and showed, contrary to Mendel, certain features were consistently inherited together which was termed linkage<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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We are lucky enough to have seven books in the Roslin Rare Book Collection that belonged to William Bateson. They are : \u00a0Instruction sur la maniere d’elever et de perfectionner la bonne espece des betes a laine de Flandre<\/i>, 1763; Browne, D J, The American Poultry Yard<\/i>, 1863; Dixon, Reverend Edmund Saul, Ornamental and Domestic Poultry<\/i>, 1848 (showing the title page and flyleaf with Bateson’s signature); Dickson, Walter B., Poultry: their breeding, rearing, diseases, and general management, <\/i>1847; Croad, AC, The Langshan Fowl, it’s history and characteristics<\/i>, 1889;\u00a0Poli, A and G Magri, Il bestiame bovino in Italia<\/i>, 1884; and ; Nathusius, Hermann, Vortrage \u00fcber Viehsucht<\/i>,1872.<\/p>\n

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As it is apparent from this small selection of books, Bateson\u2019s interests were fairly diverse. He went\u00a0on to accept the Directorship of the John Innes Horticultural Institute at Merton, England in 1910 and many of the books in the Roslin Collection contain the library stamp from this organisation, but whether it was Bateson acquiring these books or another scientist, it is unclear.\u00a0 That Bateson\u2019s books are found in the Roslin Collection highlights thelinks between the research scientists were conducting in both Cambridge and Edinburgh in the early\/mid 20th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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