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Burnett Notebooks


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ADD 108

Held at: University College London

Title: Burnett Notebooks

Date(s): c1921-1924

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 boxes

Name of creator(s): Burnett | John Chaplyn | 1863-1943 | Major

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Chaplyn Burnett was born in December 1863 to Charles Mountford Burnett MD and Emily Jane Chaplyn. He entered the Army in 1884 and became a Captain in 1893 and a Major in 1902. He received a DSO in 1900 and an OBE in 1919. He published Easy methods for the construction of magic squares (London, 1936).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Thirteen volumes of manuscript notes and calculations about magic squares.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

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Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: 1999


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Magic squares | Number theory | Mathematics

Personal names
Burnett | John Chaplyn | 1863-1943 | Major

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