Gladstone, John Hall (1827-1902)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0117 MS 743 |
Held at | : Royal Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ › |
Full title | : Gladstone, John Hall (1827-1902) |
Date(s) | : 1846-1918 |
Level of description | : Sub-fonds |
Extent | : Unknown |
Name of creator(s) | : Gladstone | John Hall | 1827-1902 | chemist |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1827; Education: University College, London; PhD (Giessen); Career: Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry, St Thomas's ( by 1852); Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution (1874-1877); undertook pioneer research in optics and spectroscopy; worked with the Young Men's Christian Association, and the Christian Evidence Society (CES); suffered a cardiac seizure after a meeting of the CES and was found dead in his study; Royal Society, 1853; Davy Medal, 1897; died, 1902.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of John Hall Gladstone including correspondence, essays and papers associated with the Gun Cotton Committee.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids:
Archival Information
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Immediate source of acquisition:
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
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:
Feb 2009.
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