De Morgan, Augustus (1806-1871): correspondence with the University of London Council

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 AL 45
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: De Morgan, Augustus (1806-1871): correspondence with the University of London Council
Date(s)	: 1831
Level of description	: Collection level (fonds)
Extent	: 2 items
Name of creator(s)	: Morgan | Augustus | De | 1806-1871 | mathematician x De Morgan | Augustus Coates | Thomas | fl 1828-1854 | university administrator

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Augustus de Morgan was born at Madura, India in 1806; educated at various English schools. In February 1823 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1827. In 1828 he was appointed Professor of Mathematics at University College London. De Morgan resigned his post in 1831, on account of a disagreement with the University Council who claimed the right of dismissing a professor without assigning reasons. He resumed his chair in 1836 on assurance that the regulations had been altered so as to preserve the independence of professors, remaining Professor of Mathematics at UCL until he resigned in November 1866; he died in 1871.

Thomas Coates was appointed as Secretary of the University of London [afterwards University College London] in 1831.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Augustus de Morgan, 1831, comprise a draft letter from De Morgan [to the University Council], resigning his professorship on account of the removal from his charis of Mr Pattison 'without any fault of his own. This being understood I should think it discreditable to hold a professorship under you one moment longer', 24 July 1831 and a reply from Coates on behalf of the Council, accepting the resignation, 27 July 1831.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Finding aids:

Catalogue of the manuscripts and autograph letters in the University Library at the central building of the University of London (1921). A copy is available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

Allied Materials

Related material:

For the letter appointing De Morgan to the mathematics chair, see AL61. See also MS322/56-58.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
May 2008.