LANGLANDS, Bryan Wooleston (1928-1989)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0101 ICS 44
Held at	: Institute of Commonwealth Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/resources/library ›
Full title	: LANGLANDS, Bryan Wooleston (1928-1989)
Date(s)	: 1974-1975
Level of description	: Collection (Fonds)
Extent	: 1 file (34pp)
Name of creator(s)	: Langlands | Bryan Wooleston | 1928-1989 | geographer
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Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Professor Bryan Wooleston Langlands (1928-1989) was Professor of Geography at the University of Ulster at Coleraine and was killed in the British Airways crash of BD092 at Kegsworth. He had spent much of his time in Uganda and accumulated a large library on various aspects of African historical geography.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Memorandum by Prof Bryan W Langlands of his experiences while at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 1974-1975 including account of the arrest and trial of Denis Cecil Hills for treason, also other incidents relating to President Idi Amin and the British community in Uganda, and on University politics at Makerere.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

single item

Conditions governing access:

Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Not to be quoted without permission from the heirs of Professor Langlands.

Finding aids:

None

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Given to the ICS by Professor Langlands.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The bulk of B W Langlands papers are held in the Department of Geography, University College Cork.

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

There is an obituary of B W Langlands in 'Irish Geography' 22 (1) 1989, 61-63).

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition, 2000. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Oct 2001