Ker, William Paton; Jones, John Viriamu; Reichel, Harry: correspondence

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 AL194
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: Ker, William Paton; Jones, John Viriamu; Reichel, Harry: correspondence
Date(s)	: 1887
Level of description	: fonds
Extent	: 3 items (8 leaves)
Name of creator(s)	: Jones | John Viriamu | 1856-1901 | university administrator and physicist Ker | William Paton | 1855-1923 | literary scholar Reichel | Sir | Henry Rudolf | 1856-1931 | Knight | college head and educationist x Reichel | Harry

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Viriamu Jones was born near Swansea in 1856. He was educated at University College, London, and Balliol College, Oxford. He became the first principal of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire in 1883 and had a distinguished academic career as a physicist.

William Paton Ker was born in Glasgow in 1855. He studied at Glasgow Academy, Glasgow University and Balliol College, Oxford University. He became Professor of English Literature at the University College of South Wales, Cardiff in 1883 and in 1889 was appointed Professor of English Language and Literature at University College, London, where he set up an Honours School of English and organised the Department of Scandinavian Studies. He was appointed a fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford in 1879, and Chair of Poetry at Oxford in 1920.

Henry Rudolf (Harry) Reichel was born in Belfast and educated at Christ's Hospital and at Balliol College, Oxford. He became the first Principal of the University College of North Wales in 1884. He was knighted in 1907.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

(1) Letter from William Paton Ker of University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff, to John Viriamu Jones, Principal of the College, 13 May 1887. (2) Letter from John Viriamu Jones to the Registrar of the University of London, 17 May 1887. Enclosing Ker's letter. (3) Letter from Henry Rudolf Reichel, Principal, University College of North Wales, Bangor to the Registrar of the University of London, 11 Jun 1887. All 3 letters relate to degree examinations and syllabuses in Old English, Middle English and Science. Items (1) and (3) are autograph; all letters bear signatures.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

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Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

See archivist

Immediate source of acquisition:

Found inserted in the Goldsmith's Library copy of Bath Penitentiary and Lock Hospital - classmark: [G.L.] B.816.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.

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:
Aug 2008