SIMONS, Lewis (1888-1972)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP20
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	: SIMONS, Lewis (1888-1972)
Date(s)	: Created [1907-1910]
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 4 volumes
Name of creator(s)	: Simons | Lewis | 1888-1972 | Lecturer in Physics

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 14 March 1888, Bethnal Green, London; studied Physics with Mathematics, King's College London, 1907-1910; BSc (First class honours) 1910; awarded Jelf medal, 1910; elected an Associate of King's College, 1910; Student Demonstrator, King's College London, 1910-1911; Demonstrator, Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1911-1914; Senior Lecturer, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1914-1917; Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1917-1922; DSc, University of London, 1921, for 'contributions to the study of energy transformations when x-radiations are absorbed by or emitted from a substance'; Reader in Physics, Birkbeck College, London, 1922-1948; Fellow of the Institute of Physics, 1920; died 10 January 1972.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript notes from lectures, comprising, 'Second year calculus'; 'Pure maths'; 'Honours physics BSc lectures, special first year course delivered by Professor Harold Albert Wilson', 1908; 'Mathematics', 1909; 'Theoretical physics, second year honours BSc'.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

4 volumes, each containing subjects as outlined above.

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 use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College, London.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Dr Timothy Simons, Lewis Simons' grandson, in 1986.

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2000