Catalogue description Paper of PROFESSOR NEVIL VINCENT SIDGWICK, F.R.S. (1893 - 1952)

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Details of CSAC.21.15.74
Reference: CSAC.21.15.74
Title: Paper of PROFESSOR NEVIL VINCENT SIDGWICK, F.R.S. (1893 - 1952)
Description:

The collection, which covers the years 1892 - 1960, was assembled from various sources. Dr. L.E. Sutton, FRS, and Dr. C.J. Danby passed on various manuscripts and gave valuable advice and information.

 

All items are manuscript except where indicated. Titles or descriptions in inverted commas are those which appear on the manuscripts.
Note:

Listed by Jeannine Alton, Harriot Weiskittel

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Date: 1892 - 1960
Arrangement:

I. Biographical: 1 - 15

 

II. Material collected by Dr. Sutton 16 - 21

 

III. Diaries and notebooks 22 - 40

 

IV. Lectures 41 - 59

 

V. Correspondence 60 - 87

 

VI. Publications 88 - 95
Related material:

A few letters relating to Sidgwick are in the collection of Sir Henry Tizard's papers in the Imperial War Museum, London (Ref: C.S.A.C. 21/5/74/HTT1, 1953; C.S.A.C. 21/5/74/HTT5, 1955); these may be consulted only with permission.

 

Material held by the History of Science Museum, Broad Street, Oxford

 

Ms. Museum 122: autographed programme and menu of 100th meeting of Alembic Club, letter from A.W.F. Holroyd re origin of club, typescript of minute book (1899-1910), misc. notes re club: 1899 - 1920

 

Ms. Museum 131: Notebook labelled on first page with name and 'Chemical Notes' containing notes on lectures by J.E. Marsh and W. Odling; also contains notes and charts on 'solubility of protein isomers': n.d

 

Ms. Museum 132: Royal Society memoir of Sidgwick, misc. photographs, Ms. notebook labelled 'Keto-Enolic Tautomerism. Alembic Club. 10-vi-02' containing draft of lecture(?), Ms. notebook labelled 'Tautomerism' containing draft of lecture: 1902

 

Ms. Museum 133: Ms. notebook labelled 'Chemical Sub-Faculty' containing minutes of meetings, drafts, list of members, misc. notes (in various hands): 1921 - 29

 

Ms. Museum 139: Ms. notebook labelled 'Sub-Faculty of Chemistry' containing minutes of meetings: 1930 - 34
Held by: Oxford University: Lincoln College Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Sidgwick, Nevil Vincent, 1893-1952, scientist and chemist
Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in 1974
Subjects:
  • Chemistry
Administrative / biographical background:

Summary of career

 

b. 1873 Oxford

 

1886 Entered Rugby School

 

1892 - 97 Christ Church, Oxford; Natural Sciences Class I; Literae Humaniores Class I

 

1898 Dixon Scholarship, Leipzig

 

1899 - 1901 D.Sc. Tübingen

 

1901 Elected to Fellowship, Lincoln College, Oxford

 

1903 - 07 Lecturer in Chemistry, Magdalen

 

1906 Demonstrator in Chemistry

 

1915 - 18 Consultant, Department of Explosive Supplies of Ministry of Munitions

 

1916 Senior Demonstrator, Organic Chemistry Laboratory

 

1922 Elected to the Royal Society

 

1921 - 30 Council of the Chemical Society

 

1924 - 45 Reader in Chemistry

 

1932 - 34 President, Faraday Society

 

1935 Professor (conferred by decree)

 

1937 Royal Medal

 

1935 - 37 President, Chemical Society
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