Thompson, Silvanus Phillips, (1851-1916), Physicist

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Surname:	Thompson
Forenames:	Silvanus Phillips
Gender:	Male
Date:	1851-1916
Biography:	ODNB link for Thompson, Silvanus Phillips (1851-1916) Physicist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P149569 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P28304 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Silvanus Phillips Thompson

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1876-1916: corresp and papers	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	SP Thompson	NRA 11421 Thompson See Accessions to Repositories 1988
2	1877-1916: MS collection and corresp	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	SC Mss 3	NRA 38780 Thompson
3	corresp and papers incl working notes	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	S.C. Mss. 4	NRA 20573 IEE misc
4	1891-1909: corresp (12 items)	London University: Senate House Library	AL304
5	1887-1915: letters (10) to Oliver Heaviside	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	SC Mss 5	NRA 38781 Heaviside
6	1884-1905: corresp with Lord Kelvin (19 items)	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
7	1883-1916: corresp with Sir Oliver Lodge (92 items)	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS ADD 89	NRA 20647 Lodge
8	1875-96: letters (13) to Royal Astronomical Society	Royal Astronomical Society Library	RAS letters	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
9	c1889-1909: letters to Sir George Stokes and J Larmor	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
10	misc corresp	Sussex University Library Special Collections		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
11	corresp	Religious Society of Friends Library		See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
12	notes rel to lectures given at University College Bristol	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	SC MSS 177	See Annual Return 2001
13	c1890-1910: newspaper clippings and notes written by Thompson found in the S.P. Thompson pamphlet collection at the IET Library	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives		See Annual Return 2020