| 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: MSU 481-4, MSU 486-7, MSU 491-8, MSU 503, MSU 505 and MSU 508-14. |
| Copies | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of Special Libraries and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material. |
| Publication Note | Biographical account of David Thomson's teaching career in 'The Fusion of 1860', W. Douglas Simpson, ed. (1963), pp.204-205. |
| Finding Aids | Summary list also available in the Reading Room at Special Libraries and Archives, University of Aberdeen. |