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1 (39), Ledermann to Thomson, and Thomson to Ledermann, 25 Apr 1939-26 Apr 1939
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Identifier: Coll-1064/81
Scope and Contents
In Ledermann's letter to Thomson, dated 25 Apr 1939, he informs Thomson of his applying for the Carnegie Teaching Fellowship, which would allow him to undertake original research in the areas of pure matrix algebra and abstract group theory. He also mentions that he would like to devote some time to applied mathematics, specifically factor analysis, and asks Thomson for permission to continue the work he undertook as Thomson's assistant, perhaps with the help of...
Dates:
25 Apr 1939-26 Apr 1939
2 (39), Thomson to Ledermann, Ledermann to Thomson, 19 Jun 1939-24 Jun 1939
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Identifier: Coll-1064/82
Scope and Contents
In Thomson's letter to Ledermann, dated 19 Jun 1939, he apologises for not replying to an earlier letter of Ledermann's and informs him that he will be happy to send him any of the letters he has written regarding his work from the last year, asking him to specify the subjects he is interested in. In his reply, dated 24 Jun 1939, Ledermann tells Thomson that he would like to look at the problem of maximising and minimizing the specifics, and that he has...
Dates:
19 Jun 1939-24 Jun 1939
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research, 1896-1979
Sub-subfonds
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1
Scope and Contents
Material regarding the Moray House Tests, c1920s-1970s;
Northumberland Mental Tests, c1920s;
Sample tests, 1920-1987;
Testing Samples, United States, c1920s-1950s;
Publications, 1896-c1978;
Godfrey Thomson, c1930s-1947;
Correspondence...
Dates:
1896-1979
Material regarding Bartlett's theory of estimating mental factors, 1938
File
Identifier: Coll-1064/79
Scope and Contents
Includes a reprint of Thomson's letter titled Methods of Estimating Mental Factors from Nature, vol. 141, (Feb 1938), 246; a handwritten copy of Thomson's manuscript in Ledermann's hand titled Copy of Professor Thomson's M S on regression and Bartlett's estimates; and a typed copy of a letter from Bartlett to Thomson in which argues that neither he nor Thomson are right and the other wrong, but rather that both...
Dates:
1938