Papers of W. K. Clifford

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
25 Notes (probably a draft syllabus for a lecture) on the development of geometric algebras Item 1870s
29 List of the names and addresses of Gill, (Joseph Frank) Payne, and Lee (all doctors?) Item 3 Apr. (1870s)
31 Extract from Through Scylla and Charybdis, by George Tyrell (1907), possibly in the hand of Margaret Clifford Item c. 1907
7 Printed syllabus for a series of four lectures at the Royal Institution entitled ‘The General Features of the History of Science’, 27 Feb.-20 Mar. 1875 Item 26 Feb. 1875
8 Notes for a lecture (‘The Times and Places of Scientific Progress’, Lecture II in the series ‘The General Features of the History of Science’) Item c. Mar. 1876
11 Paper entitled ‘On the Influence upon Morality of a Decline in Religious Belief’ Item 1870s
7 Corrected proofs of leaves from the Contemporary Review, containing part of an article entitled ‘The Ethics of Belief’ Item 1876
8 Offprint of an article by W. K. Clifford entitled ‘On the Free Motion under no Forces of a Rigid System in an n-fold Homaloid. (Provisional Notice.)’, extracted from the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, vol. vii (1876) Item 1876
10 Printed pamphlet entitled The Bearing of Morals on Religion, being the text of a lecture delivered by W. K. Clifford before the Sunday Lecture Society on 4 Mar. 1877 Item 1877
17 Uncut sheets, and parts of sheets, from Seeing and Thinking by W. K. Clifford, containing a chapter entitled ‘Of Boundaries in General’ Item 1879
18 Galley proof of an article (by W. K. Clifford?) entitled ‘A Short Way with the Ritualists’, reprinted from The Examiner, 14 July (1870s?) Item 1870s?
19 Galley proof of an article by W. K. Clifford entitled ‘Scientific Apparatus’, corrected by hand Item 1870s?
23 Proposal for an insurance with the Law Fire Insurance Society, completed by W. K. Clifford Item 9 May 1876
28 Leaves from the Revue Philosophique, containing a review by A. Ephraïm of Clifford’s Lectures and Essays Item 1880
6 Letter from W. K. Clifford to Frederick Pollock Item May 1870?
8 Letter from W. K. Clifford to Frederick Pollock Item late 1870?
12 Draft of a letter from W. K. Clifford to W. H. Thompson Item c. 1870
1 Draft rules of the Cambridge Republican Club, etc., in the hand of W. K. Clifford Item c. Nov. 1870
2 Printed member’s ticket issued to W. K. Clifford for the forty-fifth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Bristol Item 1875
3 Ticket of admission to lectures by W. K. Clifford at the Royal Institution, signed by him Item 1875
7a-b Printed prospectus of the Clifford Testimonial Fund (2 copies) Item 1879
9 Cutting containing an article headed ‘From the “Devon and Exeter Gazette”’, regarding a pith-work model of the west front of Exeter Cathedral made by Mrs Kingdon (W. K. Clifford’s grandmother) for the Great Exhibition, 1851 Item c. 1911
8 Certificate of the marriage of William Kingdon Clifford and Sophia Lucy Jane Lane on 7 Apr. 1875 Item 30 Jan. 1880
1 Sketch of a house by W. K. Clifford, with an envelope marked by Lucy Clifford ‘The sketch Willi made of Cathedine’ Item Summer 1877
2 Letter from Lucy Clifford to Frederick Pollock Item 16 Apr. 1879
5 Letter from Lucy Clifford to Frederick Pollock Item 2 Apr. 1881
7 Letter from W. K. Clifford to Frederick Pollock Item 7 Apr. 1876
14 Letter from Georgina Pollock to Lucy and W. K. Clifford Item 17 June 1878
9b Letter from Lucy Clifford to Frederick Pollock Item 26 June 1876
13b Letter from Lucy Clifford to Frederick and Georgina Pollock Item 16 June 1878