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Senate House Library, University of London

Flint, Professor Henry T.


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 828

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Flint, Professor Henry T.

Date(s): 1904-1972

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 12 boxes

Name of creator(s): Flint | Henry T | 1890-1971 | physicist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1890, Henry Flint gained a M.Sc. From the University of Birmingham before being enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery from 1915-1918. Following World War One, he was successively Assistant Lecturer in Physics at Cardiff University, 1919-1920, Lecturer in Physics at Reading University College, 1920, and Lecturer in Physics at King's College London, 1920-1926. Whilst at King's College, Flint gained his D.Sc. from the University of London, and went on to become Reader in Physics at King's from 1926-1944. In 1930 he gained a Diploma in Medical Radiology and Electrology from Cambridge University, and began work as a Clinical Assistant in the Radiology Department of Westminster Hospital, later becoming Consultant Physicist to Westminster Hospital and King's College Hospital. Flint was appointed Professor of Physics at Bedford College, University of London, in 1944, a post he held until 1956. He died in 1971.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Henry T Flint, 1904-1972, comprising biographical material, 1925-1972, such as printed obituaries and tributes, educational certificates, trestimonials and job applications, and educational visits to East Africa; notebooks, 1904-1955, including school and university notebooks, notes on articles and books read, lecture notes on scientific subjects, and texts of wartime lectures on radio; manuscript lectures, addresses and working papers, [1922]-1962, on subjects relating to physics, such as radiology, electromagnetism, chemical elements, telegraphy and diathermy; papers relating to Flint's work on various committees, 1945-1968, including the British Medical Association Committee on Radioactive Substances, The Royal Society Committee on Symbols, and the University Grants Committee; manuscript and typescript drafts, proof copies and printed versions of publications by Flint, 1923-1967; material relating to examining, 1947-1969, including external examining at the University of the West Indies and University College, Ibadan, Nigeria; miscellaneous scientific correspondence, 1941-1950.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The collection is arranged into the following sections: biographical; notebooks; lectures, addresses and working papers; committees; publications; examining; correspondence.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

'Report on the papers of Professor Henry T. Flint (1890-1971) physicist...' (1975), listed by Jeannine Alton and Harriot Weiskittel for the Historical Manuscripts Commission.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by the family via the Contemporary Scientific Archives Centre, Oxford, in 1975.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Documents relating to the war service of Henry Flint are held at the Imperial War Museum, London.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jan 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Physics education | Science education
Radiology | Medical sciences
Surgery | Medical sciences
Physics

Personal names
Flint | Henry T | 1890-1971 | physicist

Corporate names
British Medical Association | Committee on Radioactive Substances
Royal Society | Committee on Symbols
UGC | University Grants Committee x University Grants Committee
University College | Ibadan, Nigeria
University of the West Indies

Places
East Africa