GB 0103 LIGHTHILL - Lighthill Papers

115 boxes

Transferred to UCL Special Collections, Archives and Records from the Department of Mathematics. Catalogued by the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists (NCUACS) in 2008.
GB 0103 LIGHTHILL [1970s-1990s] Collection (fonds) 115 boxes Lighthill , Sir , Michael James , 1924-1998 , Knight , applied mathematician

Born in Paris 1924; family returned to England 1927; Winchester College, 1936-; Trinity College, Cambridge, 1941-1943; worked in the aerodynamics division of the National Physical Laboratory, 1943-1945; prize fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1945; Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, 1946; Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics, University of Manchester, 1950-1959; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1953; Director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, 1959-1964; founder member and President of the of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, 1964; Royal Society Research Professor at Imperial College, London, 1964-1969; served as Secretary (physical sciences) and Vice-President of the Royal Society, 1965-1969; Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge, 1969-1979; President of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction, 1971-1974; Provost of University College, London, 1979-1989; President of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1984-1988; retired, 1989; chairman of the International Council of Scientific Unions committee on the international decade for natural disaster relief, 1990-1995; died, 1998.

Transferred to UCL Special Collections, Archives and Records from the Department of Mathematics. Catalogued by the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists (NCUACS) in 2008.

Presented by Lady Lighthill to UCL Mathematics Deptartment, Jun 2001.

Papers of James Lighthill, 1970s-1990s including working papers; lecture notes and transcripts; conference papers; off prints of articles; drafts and proofs of publications by Lighthill; correspondence; personal awards and honours; papers relating to the Royal Society; audio cassettes and papers relating to the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

Arranged in thirteen series.

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
English

Catalogued by the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists (NCUACS) in 2008. A copy of this catalogue is available from UCL Special Collections, Archives and Records on request.
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB. 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. Sep 2008 Learned societies Higher education institutions Universities Mathematics Associations Organizations Lighthill , Sir , Michael James , 1924-1998 , Knight , applied mathematician Royal Society University College London Educational institutions

Presented by Lady Lighthill to UCL Mathematics Deptartment, Jun 2001.

Papers of James Lighthill, 1970s-1990s including working papers; lecture notes and transcripts; conference papers; off prints of articles; drafts and proofs of publications by Lighthill; correspondence; personal awards and honours; papers relating to the Royal Society; audio cassettes and papers relating to the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

Arranged in thirteen series.

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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English

Catalogued by the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists (NCUACS) in 2008. A copy of this catalogue is available from UCL Special Collections, Archives and Records on request.

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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