Correspondence from Sir Ambrose Fleming to Edward Appleton, 1942, 1945
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from J.A. Fleming (Sir Ambrose Fleming) to Edward Appleton. The material includes an autograph letter from Fleming (then aged 92), 1942, with reminiscences of Clerk Maxwell, etc., press obituaries of Fleming, dated 1945, manuscript notes by Appleton for an obituary he was asked to prepare for St. John' s College, Cambridge, and correspondence arising, and a 36 page typescript document, 'Recollections of Sir John Ambrose Fleming' by Arthur Blok, 22 May 1945, apparently not published elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 1942, 1945
Creator
- Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and principal of the University of Edinburgh) (Author, Person)
- Blok, Arthur, 1882-1974 (British born Israeli electric engineer) (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Full Extent
From the Fonds: 100 boxes
Full Extent
From the Fonds: 14 linear metres
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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