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THMJ II/A/23-24
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Biographical notes: Miscellaneous correspondence and papers used in the preparation of Lord Rayleigh's biography of Thomson
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- 1887–1943 (Creation)
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2 folders
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A/24 includes correspondence from Lady Thomson to Lord Rayleigh with reminiscences about her late husband, 28 Feb and 4 Mar 1942.
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A/23-A/31 comprise biographical correspondence and papers found together. The bulk of this material was originally assembled by Lord Rayleigh whilst writing his biography The Life of Sir J. J. Thomson O.M. sometime master of Trinity College, Cambridge, published in 1942 by Cambridge University Press. There is also a little material added later by the family.