IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS 743
Held at: Royal Society
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
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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.
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Papers of John Hall Gladstone including correspondence, essays and papers associated with the Gun Cotton Committee.
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Language/scripts of material: English
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Open
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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.