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(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.

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.