Biographical papers

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
35 Career, honours, and awards: Letter from J. H. Poynting re availability of demonstratorship at Owen's College, Manchester Item 27 Mar 1879
41 Career, honours, and awards: Letter of application from Thomson for the Chair of Experimental Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, 11 Dec 1884, and correspondence congratulating Thomson on obtaining it File 11–26 Dec 1884
43 Career, honours, and awards: Memorabilia re Thomson's honorary D.Sc. from the University of Oxford File 21–22 Jun 1904
46-48 Career, honours, and awards: Letters of congratulation to Thomson on receiving a knighthood File 9 Nov -13 Dec 1908
49 Career, honours, and awards: List of speeches made by Sir Oliver Lodge, Principal of the University of Birmingham, at Honorary Degree ceremony, including citation for Thomson Item 1909
54 Career, honours, and awards: Memorabilia re Thomson's installation as Master of Trinity College, Cambridge File 5 Mar 1918
56 Career, honours, and awards: Letter informing Thomson of his election to Honorary Membership of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia Item 31 Jan 1922
58 Career, honours, and awards: Correspondence re Thomson's Honorary Degree from the University of Paris File 8–27 Dec 1922
60 Career, honours, and awards: Book of signatures from past and present workers in the Cavendish Laboratory, presented to Thomson on his 70th birthday Item Dec 1926
61 Career, honours, and awards: Telegraph from Sir Robert Hadfield congratulating Thomson on receiving an unidentified honour at the University of Paris Item 3 Jun 1927
63 Reference number unused Item
65-67 Career, honours, and awards: Letters of congratulation on Thomson's 80th birthday File 26 Nov - 30 Dec 1936
68 Career, honours, and awards: File including letter and report from the Institution of Civil Engineers re Thomson's Kelvin Medal File 3 May 1938
71A Career, honours, and awards: Typescript speech by Richard Whiddington re Thomson's career Item n.d
16 Biographical notes: Article by G.P. Thomson entitled 'J. J. Thomson and the Discovery of the Electron', Physics Today Item 20 Dec 1956
78 Certificates: Honorary Membership of the Academy of Science of Bologna Item 17 Jan 1904
80 Certificates: Honorary Degree, Georg-August-University, Göttingen Item Dec 1905
82 Certificates: Honorary Membership of the Royal Bavarian Academy of Science, Munich Item 13 Jul 1907
97 Certificates: Diploma presented to Thomson at the British Empire Exhibition in appreciation of his services to Arts, Science and Industry in the British Empire Item 1924
98 Certificates: Faraday Medal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers Item 22 Jan 1925
99 Certificates: Certificate presented to Thomson by the Physical Society of McGill University, Montreal, in celebration of his 70th birthday Item 18 Dec 1926
108 'J.J. on Education': Untitled manuscript, inscribed on back 'This is part of the BA address of 1931' Item [1931]
113 Press cuttings: Including press cuttings re Thomson's 1901 Royal Institution Lecture titled 'The existence of bodies smaller than atoms' File 1900-1902
123 Press cuttings: Article re J.J. Thomson entitled 'Our Portrait', The Gownsman Item 21 Oct 1909
126 Press cuttings: Including press cuttings re Thomson's discovery of two new air gases File Jan-Sept 1913
128 Press cuttings: Article entitled 'An Empire's Wishes for 1915', Daily Chronicle Item 1 Jan 1915
130 Press cuttings: Including press cuttings re Thomson's Royal Institution Lecture entitled 'Radiations from Atoms and Electrons' File 1916-1917
135 Press cuttings: re Thomson's Founders' Memorial Lecture 'Beyond the Electron’, delivered on 3 March 1928 at Girton College, Cambridge File 1928
136 Press cuttings: Reviews of the third edition of Conduction of Electricity through Gases File 1929
137 Press cuttings: Articles re the Fourth National Lecture, The Listener File 22 Jan 1930