Thorpe, Sir Thomas Edward (1845-1925)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0117 MS 373
Held at	: Royal Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ ›
Full title	: Thorpe, Sir Thomas Edward (1845-1925)
Date(s)	: 1848-1925
Level of description	: Sub-fonds
Extent	: 127 items, and 1 obituary file containing an additional 64 cuttings, bound
Name of creator(s)	: Thorpe | Sir | Thomas Edward | 1845-1925 | Knight | chemist
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1845; Education: Owens College, Manchester; Heidelberg University, Bonn University. PhD (Heidelberg); Career: Professor of Chemistry, Andersonian Insitute, Glasgow (1870); Professor of Chemistry, Yorkshire College of Science, Leeds (1874-1885); Professor of Chemistry, Royal College of Science, London (1885); Director, Government Laboratories, London (1894); President, British Association (1921); keen yachtsman; FCS; FRSE; FChemSoc, FRS, 1876; Royal Medal, 1889; Secretary of the Royal Society, 1899-1903; Vice President of the Royal Society, 1894-1895; died, 1925.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letters and papers of Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe including scientific letters to T E Thorpe from colleagues, with documents relating to the Chemical Warfare Committee of the International Law Association. Containing also Thorpe's own letters to family members, his testimonials for work appointments and obituary notices.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Chronological arrangements of incoming and outgoing letters, with appended sequences of testiminals and newspaper cuttings.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Finding aids:

There is table of contents at the front of the box, and in addition the letters are catalogued in the General Card Catalogue.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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Description Notes

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.