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Beesly Papers
GB 0103 BEESLY · 1852-1915

The collection contains correspondence; lecture notes on history; newspaper cuttings; papers of other members of the family, including an undated letter of Danton which belonged to A H Beesly; printed reports; pamphlets containing articles by or about Beesly; other pamphlets and reviews; other printed works; and an autographed photograph of Karl Marx. The correspondence is rather slight and only isolated letters from individual correspondents are preserved. There are sets of Beesly's own letters to Henry Crompton and to Frederic Harrison which were probably returned to the family after his death. There are also a few letters to Beesly's brother A H Beesly and to Alfred Beesly, E S Beesly's son.

Beesly , Edward Spencer , 1831-1915 , positivist and historian Beesly family
Bentham (Jeremy) Papers
GB 0103 BENTHAM · 1750-1885

Papers of Jeremy Bentham, 1750-1885, consist of drafts and notes for published and unpublished works, and cover many subjects including: Bentham's codification proposal, a plan to replace existing law with a codified system, an idea which manifested itself in Constitutional Code (London, 1830), a blueprint for representative democracy and an entirely open and fully accountable government, 1815-1832; penal code, which involved penal law giving effect to the rights and duties of civil law, [1773]-1831; punishment, to certain actions which, on account of their tendency to diminish the greatest happiness, would be classified as offences, [1773-1826]; Bentham's Panopticon, a way of maintaining and employing convicts in a new invented building, 1785-1813; Chrestomathia, the secondary school designed by Bentham, 1815-1826; evidence in law, [1780]-1823; religion, and the Church, 1800-1830; logic, ethics, deontology (the science of morality), morals, utilitarianism and the greatest happiness principle, 1794-1834; political economy, [1790]-1819; Supply without burthen or Escheat vice taxation, a proposal for saving taxes, 1793-1795; legislation, including law amendment and law reform, [1770-1843]; procedure, and procedure codes, [1780]-1830; law and issues in other countries, including Greece, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium and Tripoli, 1810-1830; A Comment on the Commentaries, being a criticism of William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, also Bentham's and Blackstone's views on civil code, [1774]-1830; sexual nonconformity, [1774]-1816; Scotch reform, 1804-1809; Court of Lords delegates, 1807-1821; parliamentary papers, and parliamentary reform, [1790]-1831; poor law, and poor plan, 1796-[1845]; correspondence, 1761-1866, including a corrected draft letter to James Madison, President of the United States of America, in which Bentham made an offer to draw up a complete code of laws for the USA, 1811.

Bentham , Jeremy , 1748-1832 , philosopher
GB 0103 MS ADD 112 · 1914-1966

Correspondence between D M S Watson and others; memorabilia; sketches and drawings; photographs; and newspaper cuttings.

Watson , David Meredith Seares , 1886-1973 , palaeontologist
Dawes Hicks Papers
GB 0103 DAWES HICKS · 1880s-[1928]

Papers of George Dawes Hicks, 1880s-[1928] and undated, mainly comprising typescript and manuscript texts of his lectures at University College London on philosophical subjects including psychology, ethics, logic, metaphysics, Greek philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Spinoza, Lotze, Bradley, and modern philosophy; also including notebooks containing manuscript texts of the lectures on philosophy and psychology of Professor Robert Adamson, delivered at Owens College Manchester, 1886-1888, and at Glasgow, 1899-1900 (in boxes 2, 11, 13); printed and manuscript papers, 1880s-1890s, on educational issues, specifically the campaign to extend university teaching in London by establishing a teaching university, supported by University College London and King's College London, to secure a new charter for the University of London, and opposition to the campaign (in boxes 4, 17, 19, 20). Not all the lecture notes were originally made by Dawes Hicks himself.

Hicks , George Dawes , 1862-1941 , Professor of Philosophy
GB 0103 MS LAT 4 · 14th century-15th century

Manuscript volume with contents dating from the 14th and 15th centuries, comprising a collection of 20 miscellaneous treatises, including 'Dyalethyca', with a commentary and exercise on the Summulae logicorum of Petrus Hispanus and other lectures and exercises in logic of Petrus Zech, alias De Pulka, of the University of Vienna, written by Johannes Sintram at Ulm and dated 1405; other treatises on liturgical and astrological subjects, including works by Johannes De Sacro Bosco; calendars; questions on canon law; verses. The pastedowns are from a 14th-century service book.

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Grant Lists
GB 0103 MS ADD 59 · 1850

Two lists of specimens, instruments, utensils, drawings, etc, illustrative of comparative anatomy and zoology. Both dated 12 January 1850.

Grant , Robert Edmond , 1793-1874 , Professor of Comparative Anatomy
Hill (James Peter) Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 377 · c1898-c1965

Testimonials, obituary notices, photographs, and some miscellaneous papers including a notebook.

Hill , James Peter , 1873-1954 , Professor of Embryology
Keeling Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 326 · Created 1930-1979

Papers, including personal and professional correspondence; a heavily annotated copy of A.J.Ayer's 'Thinking and Meaning'; proof copy of J.E.McTaggart's 'Philosophical Studies'; Keeling's work on time and other reviews and articles; reviews of Keeling's own works; draft and proof articles for 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' and related correspondence; Keeling's birth and death certificates and documents relating to his will; 2 letters from Bertrand Russell (photocopies); a photocopy of details of Keeling's imprisonment as a conscientious objector in the First World War.

Keeling , Stanley Victor , 1894-1979 , philosopher
Lankester Lectures, notes
GB 0103 MS ADD 95 · c1889-c1890

Manuscript notes and sketches on a course of lectures on zoology given by Sir Edwin Lankester (1847-1929).

Harris , H J , fl 1886-1892 , student of science
Lankester Manuscript
GB 0103 MS ADD 252 · 1922

Manuscript paper, 'Contributions to evolution theory', sent to the zoologist Sir John Graham Kerr on 1 September 1922. All red marks, and probably all ink marks, done by Kerr.

Lankester , Sir , Edwin Ray , 1847-1929 , Knight , zoologist
Marischal College Catalogue
GB 0103 MS ADD 30 · Created 1823

Manuscript catalogue of the apparatus used in teaching the natural philosophy class in the Marischal College, Aberdeen.

Marischal College , Aberdeen
Robertson Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 88 · 1861-1900

The collection comprises correspondence and papers and covers Robertson's entire academic career. By far the largest part is the correspondence with Alexander Bain on the editing of Grote's Aristotle and on plans for Mind. There is also a group of letters from John Stuart Mill, mostly relating to the National Society for Women's Suffrage.

Robertson , George Croom , 1842-1892 , philosopher
Sully Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 158 · 1870-1915

General correspondence and letters from individual correspondents such as John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, George Eliot, Edmund Gurney, George Meredith and Henry Lewis, and other literary and scientific figures.

Sully , James , 1842-1923 , philosopher and psychologist
Wollheim Papers
GB 0103 WOLLHEIM · 1894-2003

Papers of Richard Wollheim. Includes correspondence on various personal and professional matters; research notes; drafts of his novels (published and unpublished; drafts of his autobiography (published posthumously as "Germs"); drafts of his published essays and reviews; drafts of lectures and conference papers, including the "Thread of Life" series and the Mellon lectures.

Wollheim , Richard Arthur , 1923-2003 , philosopher
Woodger Papers
GB 0103 WOODGER · 1922-1980

Papers, 1922-1980, of Joseph Henry Woodger, consisting of research and personal notebooks, research files, manuscript and typescript drafts of works, correspondence, photographs and printed material.

Woodger , J.H. (Joseph Henry) , 1894-1981 , philosopher of biology and theoretical biologist
Young (John Zachary) Papers
GB 0103 J Z YOUNG · [1920-1997]

Papers and correspondence of J Z Young including papers from Marlborough College and Magdalen College, Oxford, 1920-1931; lectures drafts for students, medical professional societies and school sixth forms, 1945-1984; transcripts for public lectures, 1941-1977; papers relating to teaching at Magdalen College, Oxford and University College London; papers relating to Young's research both published and unpublished including on nerves and nervous systems, flying spot microscope, cephalopods, memory and learning, evolution, structures and functions of brains and philosophy; papers relating to field research in Naples Zoological Station, 1928-1981, and Duke University, North Carolina, 1970-1983; conference , seminar and symposia papers, 1952-1984; drafts of books by Young, 1950-1987; papers relating to reviews, other published articles, literary refereeing and editing; professional correspondence and papers relating to overseas visits including to the 'Gold Coast' and the USA and research, correspondence and drafts of Young's publication and lecturing activity undertaken during his retirement including research at the Wellcome Trust and the Wolfson Foundation, 1974-1997.

Young , John Zachary , 1907-1997 , zoologist
Young (Thomas) Notebooks
GB 0103 MS ADD 13 · 1802-1803

Manuscript notes for lectures on natural philosophy delivered at the Royal Institution, numbered 2 to 21; no 1 is missing.

Young , Thomas , 1773-1829 , physician and natural philosopher