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MS 3153 - Professor David Thomson, Professor of Natural Philosophy: family correspondence and papers

Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Fonds
Ref No	MS 3153
Title	Professor David Thomson, Professor of Natural Philosophy: family correspondence and papers
Date	1799 - 1894
Extent	3 files and 1 volume: 0.04 linear metres
Creator Name	Thomson, David (1817-1880); Professor of Natural Philosophy
Administrative History	David Thomson was Professor of Natural Philosophy at King's College (and the University of Aberdeen from 1860) from 1845-1880. Born at Leghorn in November 1817 he was educated in Italy and Switzerland and studied at Glasgow University and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was appointed professor-substitute of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow before his appointment at King's and he played an important part in the process that led to the formation of the University in 1860. He was also Secretary of the Senatus Academicus.
Source	Purchased in 1984 from M. L. Rhodes.
Description	Family correspondence and other papers relating to David Thomson, Professor of Natural Philosophy at King's College and Aberdeen University, 1845-1880. The collection does not contain any letters or papers by David Thomson himself, being for the most part correspondence to him or between members of his family.
Accruals	None expected.
Access Status	Open
Access Conditions	The records are available subject to the signed acceptance of the Department's access conditions.
Physical Description	No physical conditions affecting use of collection.
Related Material	The department also holds some of Thomson's lectures: UNIVERSITY 481-4, UNIVERSITY 486-7, UNIVERSITY 491-8, UNIVERSITY 503, UNIVERSITY 505 and UNIVERSITY 508-14.

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