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I 2011 sendte [[BBC]] et fjernsynsprogram om [[botanik]]kens historie med [[botaniker]]en [[Timothy Walker (botaniker)|Timothy Walker]], direktør for [[University of Oxford Botanic Garden]], hvor han kritiserede Calvins måde at behandle [[Andrew Benson]] på. Walker hævdede at Calvin havde fået credit for Bensons arbejde efter at have fyret ham, og at han ikke havde nævnt Bensons rolle, da han skrev sin selvbiografi flere årtier senere.<ref name="bbc4">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011wz4q|author=[[Timothy Walker (botanist)|Walker, Timothy]] | title=Botany: A Blooming History | work=[[BBC Four]] | year=2011 | publisher=[[BBC]], UK | access-date=17. juni 2014}}</ref> Benson snakkede også selv om fyrringen, og beklagede sig over, at han ikke var blevet nævnt i selvbiografien.<ref name="BensonTranscript">{{cite web | url=http://cnr.berkeley.edu/release/BensonInterviewTranscript.pdf|author=Interview conducted by Bob B. Buchanan, [[Scripps Institution of Oceanography]], [[University of California, San Diego]]  | title=Interview Transcript – A Conversation with Andrew Benson – "Reflections on the Discovery of the Calvin-Benson Cycle" | date=juni 26–27, 2012 | publisher=[[University of California, Berkeley]] | access-date=17. juni 2014|quote=Page 25 – (24:51) BUCHANAN: So, would you use the word “fired?” (24:54) 
BENSON: Yeah. ... Page 30 – (30:04) BENSON: ... He published a book, an autobiography, Following the Trail of Light, which is a fantastic – a beautiful title for what it was about. It makes the whole volume about him getting a Nobel Prize, no mention of Benson at all in that book. And he didn’t have to do that. He could have done it right. And finally, one of his last publications he mentioned – Dr. Benson and some graduate students were involved – but just briefly mentioned.}}</ref>
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