Thomson, William, (1824-1907), Baron Kelvin, physicist

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Surname:	Thomson
Forenames:	William
Gender:	Male
Date:	1824-1907
Title:	Baron Kelvin
Biography:	ODNB link for Thomson, William (1824-1907) Baron Kelvin, physicist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P147572 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P28357 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Thomson

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and papers	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
2	corresp and papers	Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department	MS Kelvin	NRA 10032
3	c1814-1924: Thomson family papers incl those of James Thomson (1822-1892), engineer	Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department	MS Gen 1752	See Annual Return 2008
4	1850-1885: additional patents and agreements regarding telegraph communications	Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department	Accession No: 4912	See Annual Return 2007
5	1846-79: corresp rel to laboratory supplies	Glasgow University Archive Services	Accn 2600	NRA 35474
6	1888-1906: letters and notes to scientific instrument makers	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.9916	See Accessions to Repositories 1989
7	1888-1906: corresp with his instrument-makers	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.11793	See Annual Return 1999
8	1849-50: lecture notes	Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department		See Accessions to Repositories 1969
9	1905-09: testamentary papers	Glasgow City Archives	TD862	NRA 13033 Moncrieff See NRAS 0415
10	1905-07: letters and reports	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	DRY	See Guide vol 2
11	1876-1918: business papers rel to patent compass	Glasgow University Archive Services	UGD 33	NRA 13691
12	1836-1906: letters to his sister, Elizabeth King	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives		See Accessions to Repositories 1990
13	c1850-59: letters rel to Atlantic telegraph cable	Glasgow City Archives	TD1	NRA 20864 Smith
14	letters to Bottomley and Barlow families	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.11263	See Annual Return 1995
15	1884: letters (12) to Sir John Conroy	Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections		NRA 22851 Conroy
16	1855-93: corresp with Walter Crum and the Crum family	Glasgow City Archives	TD1073	NRA 41114
17	1882-1884: letters to Sebastian de Ferranti	Science and Industry Museum	YA1996.10/12/2/34	NRA 13215
18	1846-65: letters (55) to James David Forbes	University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, University Collections and Museums Directorate	msdep7	NRA 13132
19	1888-1904: letters (11) to Oliver Heaviside	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	SC Mss 5	NRA 38781 Heaviside
20	1884-1907: letters (40) to Sir Oliver Lodge	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS ADD 89	NRA 20647 Lodge
21	1868-79: corresp with James Clerk Maxwell (12 items)	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7655
22	1870-1903: letters (21) to Sir William Henry Preece	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	SC Mss 22/511-42	NRA 38907 Preece
23	1904-05: corresp with David Reid	Glasgow University Archive Services		See Accessions to Repositories 1979
24	letters (37) to Royal Institution	Royal Institution of Great Britain		NRA 9522
25	1882-1904: letters (12) to Sir Arthur Schuster	Royal Society
26	1883-1911: corresp with Frederick JJ Smith	Oxford University: History of Science Museum		NRA 9532 Oxford scientific
27	1860-67: corresp with Balfour Stewart	The National Archives	BJ1
28	1849-1907: letters (19) to Silvanus Thompson	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	SP Thompson	NRA 11421 Thompson
29	1841-1859: letters (10) to David Thomson	Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre	MS 3153	NRA 28720
30	1884-1906: scientific corresp with Sir Joseph John Thomson	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development	MSS H6	NRA 23828 Thomson