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THMJ II/A/30
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Biographical notes: Manuscript notes made by Lord Rayleigh whilst writing Thomson's biography
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- [1940-1942] (Creation)
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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