On the J.S.Haldane trail in Oxford

Across to Oxford today for a journey into J.S.Haldane territory as I follow the trail of the man's biography.
First stop was a meeting with his granddaugher Lois Godfrey (the daughter of the novelist Naomi Mitchison). A delightful lady, and wonderful to have made contact at last with someone who knew my subject - and indeed in the genetic terms which Haldane would have understood, still had the man himself coursing through her.
Then a little voyaging around the streets of North Oxford and Summertown. First to Wolfson College, built on the site of Haldane's home, Cherwell. The home was demolished - a cold Scottish baronial affair, two toilets to sixteen bedrooms - but the site by the river is still redolent of the times. My project felt graced as I walked across the neighbouring meadows.
Then via the Dragon School (where the Haldane children were sent) to his home at 11 Crick Road - the present owner, Sir Roger Elliott, kindly allowing this wandering strange biographer through the door. 4 St Margarets Road, where Haldane set up an early laboratory on the top floor, is now student accommodation.
Oxford needs more visits - various archives are sequestered away, and most universities have dismissed their librarians as work becomes digitized so access to papers is hard. I need to get a true sense of the city, 1880 - 1936, but this was another fine day on the research road. Little pieces slotting together, and some of those necessary curious details that bring a life to life.