sub-fonds GB 0117 MS 373 - Thorpe, Sir Thomas Edward (1845-1925)

127 items, and 1 obituary file containing an additional 64 cuttings, bound

GB 0117 MS 373 1848-1925 Sub-fonds 127 items, and 1 obituary file containing an additional 64 cuttings, bound Thorpe , Sir , Thomas Edward , 1845-1925 , Knight , chemist

Born, 1845; Education: Owens College, Manchester; Heidelberg University, Bonn University. PhD (Heidelberg); Career: Professor of Chemistry, Andersonian Insitute, Glasgow (1870); Professor of Chemistry, Yorkshire College of Science, Leeds (1874-1885); Professor of Chemistry, Royal College of Science, London (1885); Director, Government Laboratories, London (1894); President, British Association (1921); keen yachtsman; FCS; FRSE; FChemSoc, FRS, 1876; Royal Medal, 1889; Secretary of the Royal Society, 1899-1903; Vice President of the Royal Society, 1894-1895; died, 1925.

Letters and papers of Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe including scientific letters to T E Thorpe from colleagues, with documents relating to the Chemical Warfare Committee of the International Law Association. Containing also Thorpe's own letters to family members, his testimonials for work appointments and obituary notices.

Chronological arrangements of incoming and outgoing letters, with appended sequences of testiminals and newspaper cuttings.

Open

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

English

Volume, brown cloth binding.

There is table of contents at the front of the box, and in addition the letters are catalogued in the General Card Catalogue.

Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

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 2009. Chemistry Thorpe , Sir , Thomas Edward , 1845-1925 , Knight , chemist Chemical Warfare Committee of the International Law Association

Letters and papers of Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe including scientific letters to T E Thorpe from colleagues, with documents relating to the Chemical Warfare Committee of the International Law Association. Containing also Thorpe's own letters to family members, his testimonials for work appointments and obituary notices.

Chronological arrangements of incoming and outgoing letters, with appended sequences of testiminals and newspaper cuttings.

Open

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

English

There is table of contents at the front of the box, and in addition the letters are catalogued in the General Card Catalogue.

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