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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
NRA 11421 Thompson

See Accessions to Repositories 1988
2
1877-1916: MS collection and corresp
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives
NRA 38780 Thompson
3
corresp and papers incl working notes
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives
NRA 20573 IEE misc
4
1891-1909: corresp (12 items)
London University: Senate House Library
5
1887-1915: letters (10) to Oliver Heaviside
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives
NRA 38781 Heaviside
6
1884-1905: corresp with Lord Kelvin (19 items)
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
NRA 20700 Stokes
7
1883-1916: corresp with Sir Oliver Lodge (92 items)
UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
NRA 20647 Lodge
8
1875-96: letters (13) to Royal Astronomical Society
Royal Astronomical Society Library
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
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
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