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Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine

ARMSTRONG, Professor Henry Edward (1848-1937)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0098 B/ARMSTRONG

Held at: Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine

Title: ARMSTRONG, Professor Henry Edward (1848-1937)

Date(s): Created 1866-1939

Level of description: Series of Armstrong papers

Extent: 4 boxes

Name of creator(s): Armstrong | Henry Edward | 1848-1937 | chemist and educationalist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born Lewisham, London, 1848; educated at the Royal College of Chemistry, 1865-1867, University of Leipzig, 1867-1870; lecturer, St Batholomew's Hospital, 1870; Professor of Chemistry, London Institution, 1870; elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1876; Professor of Chemistry at the Cowper Street Schools (later Finsbury Technical College), 1879; Professor of Chemistry, Central Technical College (later the City and Guilds College), 1884-1913; President of the Chemical Society, 1893-1895; Davy medal of the Royal Society, 1911; Professor Emeritus, Imperial College, 1913; died, 1937.
Publications: include Essays on the Art and Principles of Chemistry, including the first Messel Memorial Lecture (Ernest Benn, London, 1927); Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry, etc Second edition (Longmans & Co, London, 1874); The Teaching of Scientific Method, and other papers on education Second edition (Macmillan & Co, London, 1903).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Professor Henry Edward Armstrong, 1866-1939, comprising correspondence, 1867-1939, notably from Sir Frederick Abel, 1884-1894; City and Guilds of London Institute, 1879-1913; Marie Curie, 1909; August Wilhelm von Hofmann, 1884-1891; William Odling, 1870-[1891]; Edward Cookworthy Robins, concerning policy and staff at the Central (later City and Guilds College) and Finsbury Technical Colleges, 1880-1890; Ernest Rutherford, 1926-1934; Sidney James Webb, 1905-1906; Herbert George (H G) Wells, undated; papers relating to diplomas, 1866-1934; notes on a course of practical work for Science mistresses by Armstrong, 1897; notebooks of scientific experiments by Nora and Harold Armstrong, 1898.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English, German, French, Latin

System of arrangement:

The papers are arranged in sections as follows; general correspondence, diplomas etc; related material.

Conditions governing access:

Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

A catalogue is available in the reading room of the College Archives.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were presented by Miss Nora Armstrong, the daughter of Professor Armstrong, in 1958.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Armstrong papers, second series, (B/ARMSTRONG), records of the City and Guilds of London Institute (F), Finsbury Technical College (FA) and City and Guilds College (FC-FS), held at Imperial College.

Correspondence with Sir Oliver Lodge, 1885-1932, held at London University, University College Manuscripts Room (reference: MS ADD 89); correspondence with Thomas Martin Lowry, 1925, held at Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives (reference: Add 8678); miscellaneous letters held at the Royal Society.

Publication note:

H. E. Armstrong and the teaching of science, 1880-1930 edited with an introduction by W H Brock (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1973); H. E. Armstrong and science education edited, with an introduction, by G Van Praagh (London, Murray, [1973]); Henry Edward Armstrong, 1848-1937 by John Vargas Eyre (Butterworths Scientific Publications, London, 1958)

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97; National Register of Archives. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: 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: November 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Chemists | Scientists | Scientific personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Teacher education | Educational personnel training
Women teachers | Teachers | Educational personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Chemistry
Science education

Personal names
Abel | Sir | Frederick Augustus | 1827-1902 | 1st Baronet | chemist
Armstrong | Harold | fl 1898 | son of Henry Edward Armstrong
Armstrong | Henry Edward | 1848-1937 | chemist and educationist
Armstrong | Nora | fl 1898-1968 | daughter of Henry Edward Armstrong
Curie | Marie | 1867-1934 | née Sklodowska | scientist
Hofmann | August Wilhelm | von | 1818-1892 | chemist x von Hofmann | August Wilhelm
Odling | William | 1829-1921 | chemist
Robins | Edward Cookworthy | d 1890 | architect
Rutherford | Ernest | 1871-1937 | Baron Rutherford of Nelson | physicist x Rutherford of Nelson | Baron
Webb | Sidney James | 1859-1947 | 1st Baron Passfield | social reformer and historian x Passfield | 1st Baron
Wells | Herbert George | 1866-1946 | author x Wells | H G

Corporate names
Central Institution of the City and Guilds Institute x City and Guilds College
City and Guilds of London Institute
Finsbury Technical College

Places