Burnett Notebooks

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 MS ADD 108
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full 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
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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 & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

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Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999