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Dirac; Paul Adrien Maurice (1902-1984)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS 825

Held at: Royal Society

Title: Dirac; Paul Adrien Maurice (1902-1984)

Date(s): 1953-1981

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 7 letters

Name of creator(s): Dirac | Paul Adrien Maurice | 1902-1984 | mathematician

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1902; Education: Cotham School, Bristol; BSc (Bristol); PhD (Camb); Career: Lecturer, University of Cambridge; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, 1932-1969; Professor of Physics, Florida State University 1971-1984; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1930; Royal Medal, 1939; Copley Medal, 1952; Nobel Prize (Physics), 1933; died, 1984.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letters discussing family matters and work from Paul Dirac and his wife Margit Dirac to Esther and Myer Salaman. Einstein had been Esther's supervisor, and provided her with a reference to Cambridge.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and German

System of arrangement:

In date order. Each letter has been transcribed, preserving the syntax and spelling of the original.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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Detailed catalogue

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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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Subjects
History of science | Science of science

Personal names
Dirac | Paul Adrien Maurice | 1902-1984 | mathematician

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