Fondo DAVT - Papers of Harold Davenport

Área de identidad

Código de referencia

DAVT

Título

Papers of Harold Davenport

Fecha(s)

  • 1911-1986 (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

Fondo

Volumen y soporte

60 boxes

Área de contexto

Nombre del productor

(1907-1969)

Historia biográfica

Davenport was born and educated in Accrington, where his gifts for mathematics and chemistry were early recognised. At the age of sixteen he was awarded scholarships to attend Manchester University (1924-1927), where he won first-class honours and theread more

Institución archivística

Historia archivística

The material was received by the Contemporary Scientific Archives Centre from Mrs. Anne Davenport at various dates 1983 - 84. A little additional material was received from Professor B.J. Birch in 1986.

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

Acquired from the Contemporary Scientific Archives Centre, 1986.

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

The papers consist of correspondence, school notebooks, research notes and drafts, diaries, photographs, and publications documenting most aspects of Davenport's life and work. His contributions to his subject as student, teacher, writer and researcher,read more

Área de condiciones de acceso y uso

Condiciones de acceso

This material is open for research unless otherwise stated.

Idioma del material

  • inglés
  • alemán

Instrumentos de descripción

This record was prepared using a more detailed finding aid created by Jeannine Alton, Peter Harper and Margaret Erskine at the Contemporary Scientific Archives Centre in 1986, reference number CSAC 112.3.86.

Nota del archivista

The current record was created using the Contemporary Scientific Archives Centre finding aid, and was edited by Diana Smith in 2020-2021.