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De Morgan, Augustus (1806-1871): correspondence


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL 159

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: De Morgan, Augustus (1806-1871): correspondence

Date(s): 1833-1870

Level of description: Collection level (fonds)

Extent: c50 items

Name of creator(s): Morgan | Augustus | De | 1806-1871 | mathematician x De Morgan | Augustus

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Augustus de Morgan was born at Madura, India in 1806; educated at various English schools. In February 1823 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1827. In 1828 he was appointed Professor of Mathematics at University College London. De Morgan resigned his post in 1831, on account of a disagreement with the University Council who claimed the right of dismissing a professor without assigning reasons. He resumed his chair in 1836 on assurance that the regulations had been altered so as to preserve the independence of professors, remaining Professor of Mathematics at UCL until he resigned in November 1866; he died in 1871.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Augustus de Morgan, 1833-1870, comprise letters sent and received by De Morgan. Correspondents include: Miss Anne Sheepshanks and [her brother] Rev Richard Sheepshanks, Vice-Admiral W H Smyth, and Professor [Philip] Kelland of the University of Edinburgh.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Unknown.

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. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

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:

Most sheets 7" x 4.5".

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.

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: May 2008.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Mathematics

Personal names
Morgan | Augustus De | 1806-1871 | mathematician and historian x De Morgan | Augustus

Corporate names
University of Edinburgh x Edinburgh University

Places