GB 0100 KCLCA C/PP3 - PEARSON, John Edward (b 1930)

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GB 0100 KCLCA C/PP3

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PEARSON, John Edward (b 1930)

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  • 1954-1957 (Creation)

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2 boxes

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Biographical history

Born, 1930; educated, Liverpool University, 1949-1952; employed as a Technical Assistant in a materials application laboratory, EMI, Hayes, Middlesex, and studied physics part-time at Chelsea Polytechnic, 1954-1957; microwave research at the Radio Research Station of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research at Datchet, 1957-1970; Lecturer in Electronics at Chelsea College, 1970-1985; Lecturer at King's College London, 1985-1996; retired, 1996.

Archival history

GB 0100 KCLCA C/PP3 1954-1957 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes Pearson , John Edward , b 1930 , electrical engineer
Born, 1930; educated, Liverpool University, 1949-1952; employed as a Technical Assistant in a materials application laboratory, EMI, Hayes, Middlesex, and studied physics part-time at Chelsea Polytechnic, 1954-1957; microwave research at the Radio Research Station of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research at Datchet, 1957-1970; Lecturer in Electronics at Chelsea College, 1970-1985; Lecturer at King's College London, 1985-1996; retired, 1996.

Two tranches from John Pearson in 1996 and 2001.

The papers of John Pearson comprise manuscript notebooks of lectures and experimental write-ups compiled by Pearson when he was a student at Chelsea Polytechnic, 1954-1957, and include notes on electricity, optics, electronics and circuit theory, electromagnetic theory, diffraction gratings, wave mechanics and X-ray physics.

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.
English

Chelsea College Department of Electrical Engineering student and departmental papers, 1968-1996 (Ref: 1996 CDE), were passed to the Archive at King's College London by John Pearson in 1996 and include teaching material compiled by Pearson during his time as a Lecturer at Chelsea and King's College until retirement in 1996.

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. February 2002 Chelsea Polytechnic , Department of Physics Educational levels Electricity Electromagnetic waves Electromagnetism Electronic engineering Higher education Higher education institutions Magnetism Optics Pearson , John Edward , b 1930 , electrical engineer Physics education Science education Universities X-rays Educational institutions

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Two tranches from John Pearson in 1996 and 2001.

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The papers of John Pearson comprise manuscript notebooks of lectures and experimental write-ups compiled by Pearson when he was a student at Chelsea Polytechnic, 1954-1957, and include notes on electricity, optics, electronics and circuit theory, electromagnetic theory, diffraction gratings, wave mechanics and X-ray physics.

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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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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Chelsea College Department of Electrical Engineering student and departmental papers, 1968-1996 (Ref: 1996 CDE), were passed to the Archive at King's College London by John Pearson in 1996 and include teaching material compiled by Pearson during his time as a Lecturer at Chelsea and King's College until retirement in 1996.

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King's College London College Archives

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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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  • English

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