GB 0098 B/ARMSTRONG - ARMSTRONG papers

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GB 0098 B/ARMSTRONG Created 1819-1945 Collection (fonds) 10 boxes Armstrong , Henry Edward , 1848-1937 , chemist and educationalist:
Armstrong , Edward Frankland , 1878-1945 , chemist
Henry Edward Armstrong: Born Lewisham, London, 1848; educated at the Royal College of Chemistry, 1865-1867, University of Leipzig, 1867-1870; lecturer, St Batholomew's Hospital, 1870; Professor of Chemistry, London Institution, 1870; elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1876; Professor of Chemistry at the Cowper Street Schools (later Finsbury Technical College), 1879; Professor of Chemistry, Central Technical College (later the City and Guilds College), 1884-1913; President of the Chemical Society, 1893-1895; Davy medal of the Royal Society, 1911; Professor Emeritus, Imperial College, 1913; died, 1937.
Publications: include: Essays on the Art and Principles of Chemistry, including the first Messel Memorial Lecture (Ernest Benn, London, 1927); Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry Second edition (Longmans & Co, London, 1874); The Teaching of Scientific Method, and other papers on education Second edition (Macmillan & Co, London, 1903).

Edward Frankland Armstrong: born Lewisham, London, 1878; educated St Dunstan's College, Royal College of Science, 1895; studied Chemistry at the Central Institution (later City and Guilds College), 1896-1898; student at the Universities of Kiel and Berlin, 1898; awarded PhD, University of Kiel, 1901; Salter's Research Fellow, Central Institution, 1902-1903; Chief Chemist, Huntley and Palmer, 1905; Technical Adviser, later Director, Crosfields, 1914; elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1920; President of the Society of Chemical Industry, 1922-1924; Managing Director, British Dyestuffs Corporation, 1925-1928; consultant, 1928; President of the Association of British Chemical Manufacturers, 1935; Scientific Adviser to the Ministries of Home Security and Works, 1939-1945; died, 1945.
Publications: The Simple Carbohydrates and the Glucosides Second edition (Longmans & Co, London, 1910); Chemistry in the Twentieth Century (Ernest Benn, London, 1924); Raw Materials from the Sea with Laurence Mackenzie Miall (Constructive Publications, Leicester, [1946]).

The papers were presented by Miss Nora Armstrong, the daughter of Professor Armstrong, in 1958 and 1968.

Papers of Professor Henry Edward Armstrong, 1866-1939, comprising correspondence, 1867-1939; papers relating to diplomas, 1866-1934; notes on a course of practical work for Science mistresses, 1897; notebooks of scientific experiments by Nora and Harold Armstrong, 1898.

Papers of Professor Henry Edward Armstrong and Edward Frankland Armstrong, 1819-1945, (second series) comprising personal papers, 1865-1951, printed material and correspondence, 1884-1885; press-cuttings, 1922; photographs and prints, 1819-1929; correspondence, 1864-1945; notebooks kept by Henry Edward's children, 1898.

The papers are arranged in sections according to the scope and content.

Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.

Copies of open material may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.
English, German, French, Latin

Catalogues are available in the reading room of the College Archives.

Records of the City and Guilds of London Institute (F), Finsbury Technical College (FA) and City and Guilds College (FC-FS), held at Imperial College.

Correspondence with Sir Oliver Lodge, 1885-1932, held at London University, University College Manuscripts Room (reference: MS ADD 89); correspondence with Thomas Martin Lowry, 1925, held at Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives (reference: Add 8678); miscellaneous letters held at the Royal Society.

H. E. Armstrong and the teaching of science, 1880-1930 edited with an introduction by W H Brock (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1973); H. E. Armstrong and science education edited, with an introduction, by G Van Praagh (London, Murray, [1973]); Henry Edward Armstrong, 1848-1937 by John Vargas Eyre (Butterworths Scientific Publications, London, 1958).

Sources: British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97; National Register of Archives. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. November 2000 Armstrong , Edward Frankland , 1878-1945 , chemist Armstrong , Harold , fl 1898 , son of Henry Edward Armstrong Armstrong , Henry Edward , 1848-1937 , chemist and educationist Armstrong , Nora , fl 1898-1968 , daughter of Henry Edward Armstrong Chemistry Chemists Educational personnel Educational personnel training Science education Scientific personnel Scientists Teacher education Teachers Women teachers Personnel People by occupation People

The papers were presented by Miss Nora Armstrong, the daughter of Professor Armstrong, in 1958 and 1968.

Papers of Professor Henry Edward Armstrong, 1866-1939, comprising correspondence, 1867-1939; papers relating to diplomas, 1866-1934; notes on a course of practical work for Science mistresses, 1897; notebooks of scientific experiments by Nora and Harold Armstrong, 1898.

Papers of Professor Henry Edward Armstrong and Edward Frankland Armstrong, 1819-1945, (second series) comprising personal papers, 1865-1951, printed material and correspondence, 1884-1885; press-cuttings, 1922; photographs and prints, 1819-1929; correspondence, 1864-1945; notebooks kept by Henry Edward's children, 1898.

The papers are arranged in sections according to the scope and content.

Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.

Copies of open material may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.

• English

• Latin

English, German, French, Latin

Records of the City and Guilds of London Institute (F), Finsbury Technical College (FA) and City and Guilds College (FC-FS), held at Imperial College.

Catalogues are available in the reading room of the College Archives.

Correspondence with Sir Oliver Lodge, 1885-1932, held at London University, University College Manuscripts Room (reference: MS ADD 89); correspondence with Thomas Martin Lowry, 1925, held at Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives (reference: Add 8678); miscellaneous letters held at the Royal Society.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

• English