IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS 377
Held at: Royal Society
Title: Barrett, Sir William Fletcher (1844-1925)
Date(s): 1863-1924
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 1 volume, 1 box
Name of creator(s): Barrett | Sir | William Fletcher | 1844-1925 | Knight | physicist
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Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1844; Education: Old Trafford Grammar School; Career: Assistant to John Tyndall, Royal Institution (1863-1866); taught at International College and the Royal School of Naval Architecture; Professor of Experimental Physics in the Royal College of Science for Ireland (1874-1910); chief founder of Society for Physical Research (1882), later became President; FRSE; MRIA; MIEE; Fell Phys Soc; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1899; died, 1925.
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Collected papers of William Fletcher Barrett including letters to Barrett with supporting documents by Barrett on scientific interests and some photographs.
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Language/scripts of material: English
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Open
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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.