WILSON, Professor Ernest (1863-1932)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP9
Held at	: King's College London College Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/ ›
Full title	: WILSON, Professor Ernest (1863-1932)
Date(s)	: Created 1914-1931
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Wilson | Ernest | 1863-1932 | Professor of Electrical Engineering

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1863; entered King's College London as a Demonstrator in the Electrical Engineering Department, 1890; Assistant Professor, 1897-1898, and Professor of Electrical Engineering, King's College London, 1898-1911; William Siemens Professor of Electrical Engineering, King's College London, 1911-1930; resigned 1930; Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, King's College London, 1930-1932; died 1932.

Publications: Electrical traction (1897).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Offprints of articles by Wilson, 1914-1931, on subjects relating to electrical engineering, from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1914-1924, Experimental wireless and the wireless engineer, 1929-1930, The wireless world, 1921, The proceedings of the Physical Society, 1922-1931, The electrician, 1913-1915, and the Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1917-1931, including an article on 'The contribution of King's College to the advancement of engineering during the century, 1829-1929' printed as a supplement to The King's Engineer, Jun 1931. A list of 'Original papers issued from the Sir William Siemens Laboratory of Electrical Engineering, 1891-1928'. Photograph of a string galvanometer, 1924.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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1 file.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research purposes only. Requests to publish original information should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2000