Lighthill Papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 LIGHTHILL
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	: Lighthill Papers
Date(s)	: [1970s-1990s]
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 115 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Lighthill | Sir | Michael James | 1924-1998 | Knight | applied mathematician
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in Paris 1924; family returned to England 1927; Winchester College, 1936-; Trinity College, Cambridge, 1941-1943; worked in the aerodynamics division of the National Physical Laboratory, 1943-1945; prize fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1945; Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, 1946; Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics, University of Manchester, 1950-1959; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1953; Director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, 1959-1964; founder member and President of the of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, 1964; Royal Society Research Professor at Imperial College, London, 1964-1969; served as Secretary (physical sciences) and Vice-President of the Royal Society, 1965-1969; Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge, 1969-1979; President of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction, 1971-1974; Provost of University College, London, 1979-1989; President of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1984-1988; retired, 1989; chairman of the International Council of Scientific Unions committee on the international decade for natural disaster relief, 1990-1995; died, 1998.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of James Lighthill, 1970s-1990s including working papers; lecture notes and transcripts; conference papers; off prints of articles; drafts and proofs of publications by Lighthill; correspondence; personal awards and honours; papers relating to the Royal Society; audio cassettes and papers relating to the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in thirteen series.

Conditions governing access:

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Finding aids:

Catalogued by the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists (NCUACS) in 2008. A copy of this catalogue is available from UCL Special Collections, Archives and Records on request.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Transferred to UCL Special Collections, Archives and Records from the Department of Mathematics. Catalogued by the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists (NCUACS) in 2008.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Lady Lighthill to UCL Mathematics Deptartment, Jun 2001.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB.

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:
Sep 2008