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Catalogue description Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of SIR ALFRED GRENVILE PUGSLEY FRS FEng (b.1903)
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| Reference: | NCUACS 13.6.89 |
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| Title: | Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of SIR ALFRED GRENVILE PUGSLEY FRS FEng (b.1903) |
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SECTION A, BIOGRAPHICAL, A.1-A.36 SECTION B BRISTOL B.1-B.23 SECTION C LECTURES, PUBLICATIONS, ADDRESSES C.1-C.40 The material is presented in the order shown in the list of contents. Section A (Biographical) includes a little family material documentation of Pugsley's career, honours and awards, and correspondence. There are, for example, papers relating to his move from the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, to Bristol as Professor of Civil Engineering (A.7-A.10) and papers relating to posts he was subsequently asked to consider at Manchester, Birmingham and the National Physical Laboratory (A.11-A.13). The correspondence is mostly personal but includes an exchange relating to the safety of the Queen's Flight (A.31). Section B (Bristol) consists of papers relating to the design, construction and opening of the Queen's Building to house the University's Faculty of Engineering. The material includes plans, correspondence and photographs. Section C (Lectures, publications, addresses) is a chronological sequence of principally unpublished lectures material covering the period 1949-84. |
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Compiled by Peter Harper and Timothy E Powell The work of the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists, and the production of this catalogue, are made possible by the support of the following societies and organisations: The Biochemical Society The British Library The Geological Society The Institute of Physics Pergamon Books The Royal Society The Royal Society of Chemistry The Society of Chemical Industry We are very grateful to Sir Alfred Pugsley for making the collection available for cataloguing. " |
| Date: | 1938-1989 |
| Held by: | Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 2 archive boxes |
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OUTLINE OF THE CAREER OF A G PUGSLEY B.1903 Wimbledon Educ. Rutlish School, Merton London University 1923-26 Civil Engineering Student Apprentice, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich 1926-31 Technical Officer, Royal Airship Works, Cardington 1928 Marriage to Kathleen M Warner (d.1974) 1931-45 Member scientific and technical staff, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough Head of Structural and Mechanical Engineering Department 1941-45 1938 D.Sc. (Eng.Lond.) 1938-40 Visiting Lecturer on aircraft structures, Imperial College London 1944 Conferral of OBE 1945-68 Professor of Civil Engineering, Bristol University 1952 Election to Fellowship of Royal Society 1952-57 Chairman, Aeronautical Research Council 1956 Conferral of Knighthood 1976 Election to Fellowship of Engineering |
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