Arquivo ADRN - Papers of Lord Adrian

Zona de identificação

Código de referência

ADRN

Título

Papers of Lord Adrian

Data(s)

  • c. 1910-1978 (Produção)

Nível de descrição

Arquivo

Dimensão e suporte

37 boxes

Zona do contexto

Nome do produtor

(1889-1977)

História biográfica

Edgar Douglas Adrian was born on 30 November 1889, son of Alfred Douglas Adrian and his wife Flora, née Barton. He was educated at Westminster and admitted to Trinity College in 1908, becoming a Fellow in 1913 after studying Natural Sciences and Medicine.read more

Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência

The papers were deposited by Richard Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian, in November 1993 and March 1995.

Zona do conteúdo e estrutura

Âmbito e conteúdo

The papers contain faculty and special lectures, academic correspondence, scientific notebooks, letters and papers as Master of Trinity and President of the Royal Society, papers relating to the Natural Sciences Club, papers relating to the Cambridgeread more

Incorporações

After the deposits by Richard Adrian, Lady Adrian deposited Adrian's Notebook on the Properties of Matter, 1908 in March 1998, Copley Medal congratulations, 1946, and a draft speech for an RS banquet 1960 in Oct 1998 and C U Natural Sciences Club photosread more

Zona de condições de acesso e utilização

Condições de acesso

NOTE. These papers have not yet been catalogued, but small quantities can be made available to readers provided at least two weeks' notice is given. It may be that certain items, owing to their contents or condition, cannot yet be produced. Pleaseread more

Instrumentos de descrição

This collection-level description was created by Jonathan Smith in 2019. Though the archive is not yet catalogued in detail, a brief box-list/inventory has been compiled and has been attached here in pdf form as a guide to its contents. There are alsoread more

Instrumento de pesquisa transferido

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Unidades de descrição relacionadas

Bound volumes of Adrian's speeches as Master of Trinity can be found at Add. MS c. 210-13