Showing 9 results

Archival description
GB 0096 AL16 · Fonds · 1859

Letter from William Benjamin Carpenter of University of London, Burlington House, London to Augustus De Morgan, 24 Oct 1859. Referring to the possibility of examination papers being seen surreptitiously before the examination. On the question of 'cramming' he doubts 'the possibility of destroying it by any method of Examination. I believe, however, that a viva voce Examn. would furnish the best antidote to it.'

Autograph, with signature.

Carpenter , William Benjamin , 1813-1885 , biologist and university administrator
GB 0096 AL494 · Fonds · 1869

Letter from William Benjamin Carpenter of the University of London, Burlington House, London to Edward Walford, 29 Mar 1869. Concerning Walford's application for the Examinership in Classics.

Autograph, with signature.

Carpenter , William Benjamin , 1813-1885 , biologist and university administrator
GB 0096 AL167 · Fonds · 1895

Letter from Raymond Wilson Chambers of 47 Clarence Road, Wood Green, [Middlesex] to the Academic Registrar of the University of London, 22 Jun 1895. Asking for supervision work 'during the ensuing examination'.

Autograph, with signature.

Chambers , Raymond Wilson , 1874-1942 , Professor of English Language and Literature
GB 0096 AL172 · Fonds · 1901

Letter from Raymond Wilson Chambers of University College London, Gower Street, London to Dr [H F] Heath, Registrar of the University of London, Jun 1901. Concerning Chambers's duties as a supervisor at University examinations and referring to his work in the library at University College.

Autograph, with signature.

Chambers , Raymond Wilson , 1874-1942 , Professor of English Language and Literature
Crawley, Charles William
GB 0096 MS 945 · c1950-1992

Papers of Charles William Crawley relating to his work as a history examiner for the University of London.

Crawley , Charles William , 1899-1992 , historian
GB 0096 MS 618 · [1860-1865]

Manuscript volume concerning the fraudulent activities of maltsters and distillers, [1860], including tables of inspections made by postmasters in Kingston and Surbiton Common, London, from 1838 to 1844, investigating frauds by distillers, with reports on hypothetical cases of fraud, one dated 1861, and what appear to be copies of answers to examination questions. This section includes printed Regulations respecting the entry of premises subject to the survey of the excise (Excise Office, London, 1835). Inserted are a number of loose sheets, 1859-1865, including a lists of examination questions on the control of disilleries which were set in an examination at Somerset House, notes on duties and law relating to the Excise, as well as a letter from J Williams dated 31 Jan 1863 and giving 'the particulars of the late examination'.

Unknown
GB 0096 AL49a · Fonds · 1843

Letter from Michael Faraday of the Royal Institution, [London] to R W Rothman [Registrar of the University of London], 9 Jun 1843. Relating to Unversity of London examinations in Chemistry.

Autograph, with signature.

Faraday , Michael , 1791-1867 , chemist and natural philosopher
GB 0096 AL194 · Fonds · 1887

(1) Letter from William Paton Ker of University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff, to John Viriamu Jones, Principal of the College, 13 May 1887.
(2) Letter from John Viriamu Jones to the Registrar of the University of London, 17 May 1887. Enclosing Ker's letter.

(3) Letter from Henry Rudolf Reichel, Principal, University College of North Wales, Bangor to the Registrar of the University of London, 11 Jun 1887.
All 3 letters relate to degree examinations and syllabuses in Old English, Middle English and Science.

Items (1) and (3) are autograph; all letters bear signatures.

Jones , John Viriamu , 1856-1901 , university administrator and physicist Ker , William Paton , 1855-1923 , literary scholar Reichel , Sir , Henry Rudolf , 1856-1931 , Knight , college head and educationist x Reichel , Harry
GB 0096 AL439 · Fonds · 1942

(i) Letter from Herbert George Wells of The Bridge Hotel, Wheatley, Oxfordshire to the External Registrar, University of London, 4 Aug 1942. Concerning the submission of his thesis, entitled Illusory Continuity of the Personal Life for the degree of DSc. 'It is essentially an essay upon human ecology'. Autograph, with signature. (ii) Carbon copy of the Registrar's reply to H G Wells, 12 Aug 1942. H G Wells was granted a DSc in 1943.

Wells , Herbert George , 1866-1946 , author x Wells , H G