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John Edmund Bowen was born in 1885 in Galway, Ireland, the son of Bartholomew Bowen, and educated at Queen's School, Galway. He entered Trinity College Cambridge in 1911 and attended lectures delivered by Joseph John Thomson, Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge. Bowen was a lecturer in Physics at King's College London from 1919-1921, before taking up a post in China.
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GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP87 1911-1912 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes Bowen , John Edmund , b 1885 , Physics lecturer
John Edmund Bowen was born in 1885 in Galway, Ireland, the son of Bartholomew Bowen, and educated at Queen's School, Galway. He entered Trinity College Cambridge in 1911 and attended lectures delivered by Joseph John Thomson, Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge. Bowen was a lecturer in Physics at King's College London from 1919-1921, before taking up a post in China.
Transferred to Archives from King's College London Department of Physics, 2001.
The papers of John Edmund Bowen consist of two manuscript notebooks containing notes on lectures delivered by Professor Joseph John Thomson, Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge, 1911-1912. Bowen's notes consist of detailed summaries of Thomson's lectures on subjects including the discharge of electricity through gases, recombination of ions, recent developments in researches on light and electricity, scattering of electromagnetic radiation and the quantum theory of light.
Lecture descriptions are arranged in approximate date order within the volumes.
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.
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The papers of Sir Joseph John Thomson include: Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives: correspondence and papers including correspondence with Lord Kelvin and Lord Rutherford (Ref: Add 7342, 7653-4, 7656); Royal Society: referee reports and correspondence, including letters (25) to Sir Arthur Schuster, 1885-1899; Cambridge University: Trinity College Library: correspondence and papers, 1836-1970 (Ref: NCUACS 91/4/00, CSAC74/4/80); California Institute of Technology Archives: correspondence with GE Hale, 1912-21; University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library 1882-1905: letters (20) to Sir Owen Richardson.
Sources: King's College Calendars. Entry compiled by Geoff Browell. Compiled in compliance with 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 2001 Bowen , John Edmund , b 1885 , Physics lecturer Cambridge Cambridgeshire Electromagnetism England Europe Light Magnetism Nuclear physics Optics Physics Physics education Quantum theory Science education Thermodynamics Thomson , Sir , Joseph John , 1856-1940 , Knight , physicist UK University of Cambridge x Cambridge University Western Europe London
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Transferred to Archives from King's College London Department of Physics, 2001.
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The papers of John Edmund Bowen consist of two manuscript notebooks containing notes on lectures delivered by Professor Joseph John Thomson, Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge, 1911-1912. Bowen's notes consist of detailed summaries of Thomson's lectures on subjects including the discharge of electricity through gases, recombination of ions, recent developments in researches on light and electricity, scattering of electromagnetic radiation and the quantum theory of light.
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Lecture descriptions are arranged in approximate date order within the volumes.
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.
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The papers of Sir Joseph John Thomson include: Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives: correspondence and papers including correspondence with Lord Kelvin and Lord Rutherford (Ref: Add 7342, 7653-4, 7656); Royal Society: referee reports and correspondence, including letters (25) to Sir Arthur Schuster, 1885-1899; Cambridge University: Trinity College Library: correspondence and papers, 1836-1970 (Ref: NCUACS 91/4/00, CSAC74/4/80); California Institute of Technology Archives: correspondence with GE Hale, 1912-21; University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library 1882-1905: letters (20) to Sir Owen Richardson.
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Compiled in compliance with 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.
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