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Referee's report by Lancelot Thomas Hogben, on a paper 'The shape of the human being as a function of time' by Peter Brian Medawar

Reference number: RR/68/396

Date: 28 September 1943

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

No received date.

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RR/68/396
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28 September 1943
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Lancelot Thomas Hogben, Referee's report by Lancelot Thomas Hogben, on a paper 'The shape of the human being as a function of time' by Peter Brian Medawar, 28 September 1943, RR/68/396, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_396/referees-report-by-lancelot-thomas-hogben-on-a-paper-the-shape-of-the-human-being-as-a-function-of-time-by-peter-brian-medawar, accessed on 21 January 2025

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