GB 0505 PP33 - STEBBING, Professor Lizzie Susan (1885-1943)

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GB 0505 PP33 1935-1943, 1987 Collection (fonds) 1 box or 0.01m3 Stebbing , Lizzie Susan , 1885-1943 , Professor of Philosophy

Born 1885; educated privately and at Girton College, Cambridge University, 1905-1908, and the University of London, where she obtained an MA (Philosophy) in 1912; Visiting Lecturer and subsequently Director in Moral Sciences Studies, Girton and Newnham Colleges, Cambridge University, 1911-1924; Lecturer in Philosophy, King's College, University of London, 1913-1915; Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy at Homerton Training College, 1914-1921, and at Westfield College, University of London, 1914-1920; Lecturer in Philosophy, Bedford College, University of London, 1920; Reader, 1924-1933, and Professor of Philosophy, 1933-1943, Bedford College; Principal, Kingsley Lodge School for Girls, Hampstead, London, 1915-1943; Research Fellow, Girton College, 1923-1924; Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, 1916; Visiting Professor, Columbia University, New York, USA, 1931-1932; President of the Aristotelian Society, 1933-1934; President of the Mind Association, 1934-1935; died 1943.

Publications: Philosophical studies: essays in memory of L. Susan Stebbing (Allen and Unwin, London, 1948); A modern elementary logic (Methuen and Co, London, 1943); A modern introduction to logic (Methuen and Co, London, 1930); Ideals and illusions (Watts and Co, London, 1941); Logic in practice (London, 1934); Logical positivism and analysis (Humphrey Milford, London, [193]); Men and moral principles (Oxford University Press, London, 1944); Philosophy and the physicists (Methuen and Co, London, 1937); Pragmatism and French voluntarism (1914); Thinking to some purpose (Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1939).

Presented to the Secretary of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College by Mrs Ann Hook in 1987.

Correspondence, 1935-1936 and 1940-1943, between Professor Lizzie Susan Stebbing and Ann Hook, wife of Professor Sidney Hook who was Professor of Philosophy at New York University, mainly on personal matters, but also including details of Stebbing's work as a Professor of Philosophy at Bedford College, University of London, her thoughts on contemporary events in Europe and America, and remarks relating to her failing health. Signed copy of Thinking to some purpose (Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1939), given by Stebbing to Norah McNaulty, Registrar of Bedford College, including a review from the Times Literary Supplement, 4 Aug 1939, and a note from Stebbing.

Arranged chronologically.

Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.

Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.
English

Handlist available in the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives reading room.

The Royal Holloway, University of London Archives hold a personnel file for Stebbing (BC AR150/D381); correspondence and papers of the Philosophy Department, 1900-1984, which include correspondence with Stebbing (BC AR332/6/1-4); press cuttings books containing articles relating to Stebbing (BC RF129); and a photographic portrait of Stebbing (BC PH1/1).

The Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cambridge University, holds letters from Stebbing to Professor George Edward Moore, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University, 1918-1944 (Ref: Add MSS 8330/8S/39).

Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the AIM25 project. Compiled in accordance 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. Feb 2000 Bedford College x Bedford College for Women Educational personnel Europe Health Hook , Ann , fl 1935-1943 , wife of Professor Sidney Hook North America Philosophy Stebbing , Lizzie Susan , 1885-1943 , philosopher Teachers USA Women teachers Personnel People by occupation People

Presented to the Secretary of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College by Mrs Ann Hook in 1987.

Correspondence, 1935-1936 and 1940-1943, between Professor Lizzie Susan Stebbing and Ann Hook, wife of Professor Sidney Hook who was Professor of Philosophy at New York University, mainly on personal matters, but also including details of Stebbing's work as a Professor of Philosophy at Bedford College, University of London, her thoughts on contemporary events in Europe and America, and remarks relating to her failing health. Signed copy of Thinking to some purpose (Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1939), given by Stebbing to Norah McNaulty, Registrar of Bedford College, including a review from the Times Literary Supplement, 4 Aug 1939, and a note from Stebbing.

Arranged chronologically.

Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.

Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.

• English

• Latin

English

The Royal Holloway, University of London Archives hold a personnel file for Stebbing (BC AR150/D381); correspondence and papers of the Philosophy Department, 1900-1984, which include correspondence with Stebbing (BC AR332/6/1-4); press cuttings books containing articles relating to Stebbing (BC RF129); and a photographic portrait of Stebbing (BC PH1/1).

Handlist available in the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives reading room.

The Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cambridge University, holds letters from Stebbing to Professor George Edward Moore, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University, 1918-1944 (Ref: Add MSS 8330/8S/39).

Compiled in accordance 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.

• English