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Whiffen, David Hardy (1922-2002)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS 740

Held at: Royal Society

Title: Whiffen, David Hardy (1922-2002)

Date(s): 20th Century

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 3 volumes

Name of creator(s): Whiffen | David Hardy | 1922-2002 | physical chemist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1922; Education: Oundle School; Oxford, D.Phil. research into infr-red spectroscopy under HW Thompson; Career: Wartime work on enemy aviation fuels; infra-red research on aromatic benzene nucleus; electron-spin resonance spectrometry; 'spin-flip laser project'; Lecturer, University of Birmingham (1949-); Superintendent , Molecular Science Division, National Physical Labboratory; Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Newcastle (1968-1985); Dean of Science, University of Newcastle (1974-1977) Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Newcastle (1980-1983); Fellow of the Royal Society, 1966; Royal Society Council, 1971-1973; died, 2002.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

School and university notebooks of David Hardy Whiffen.

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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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Detailed catalogue

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.


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