Armstrong Papers
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS ADD 140 |
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 | : Armstrong Papers |
Date(s) | : Created 1929-1930 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 envelope |
Name of creator(s) | : Armstrong | Henry Edward | 1848-1937 | chemist and educationalist |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born Lewisham, London, 1848; educated at the Royal College of Chemistry, 1865-1867, University of Leipzig, 1867-1870; lecturer, St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1870; Professor of Chemistry, London Institution, 1870; elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1876; Professor of Chemistry at the Cowper Street Schools (later Finsbury Technical College), 1879; Professor of Chemistry, Central Technical College (later the City and Guilds College), 1884-1913; President of the Chemical Society, 1893-1895; Davy medal of the Royal Society, 1911; Professor Emeritus, Imperial College, 1913; died, 1937. Publications include: Essays on the Art and Principles of Chemistry, including the first Messel Memorial Lecture (Ernest Benn, London, 1927); Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry Second edition (Longmans & Co, London, 1874); The Teaching of Scientific Method, and other papers on education Second edition (Macmillan & Co, London, 1903).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Correspondence, article and reviews relating to the works of August Kekulé.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
German and English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Originally inserted in the copy of Kekulé's Lehrbuch de Organischen Chemie, 1861-1866, at University College London.
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Source: AIM25 description of the Armstrong Papers at Imperial College.
Rules or conventions:
Date(s) of descriptions:
1999, revised Jul 2001
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