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FOI2026/00003: James Lattimer Fyfe

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Case reference FOI2026/00003

Received 3 January 2026

Published 11 March 2026

Request

Request received: 3rd January 2026

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It concerns information that may be held by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

I am requesting all recorded information (whether personnel files or any other kind) mentioning James Lattimer Fyfe (1912-1991). Fyfe was an agricultural plant breeder and geneticist, who was employed by the Cambridge Plant Breeding Institute from the late 1930s until 1967. Initially the Plant Breeding Institute was part of Cambridge University, but in the early 1950s it was transferred to the Agricultural Research Council (ARC). The ARC was merged in 1983 into the Agricultural and Food Research Council, which in turn was merged in 1994 into the BBSRC. So I presume that the BBSRC has inherited some of the records of the ARC.

Since Mr Fyfe is deceased, Section 40 of FOIA does not apply. As proof, I am attaching his death certificate.

Response

Response sent: 26th January 2026

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