University memorabilia collected by Robert Dean Wilson
Scope and Contents
Collection of memorabilia is composed of:
- 2 x University of Edinburgh. Graduation of Ceremonial. McEwan Hall. Saturday 31 October 1964
- 1 x 'Student's Handbook' 1960-61. An SRC Publication. (Includes photographic illus. of David M. S. Steel, Senior President, SRC, on p.20)
- 1 x 'Student's Handbook' No. LXVII 1962-63
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1964
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance of visit.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Dean Wilson was born in Blackburn on 16 December 1941. He was educated at Stockport Grammar School, 1949-1960, and Stockport was his home at the time of his matriculation at Edinburgh University to study for the B.Sc. (Honours) course in Physics. In October 1964 he was awarded the degree of B.Sc. Mathematical Science.
He then worked as an occupational psychologist, completing his M.Sc. at UMIST in the early 1980s. He worked for British Airways, Reed International and United Biscuits among other firms, and later became a consultant. At the end of his career he was a Board Director of Gammon Construction, the specialist bridge and tunnel company based in Hong Kong, where he was responsible for Human Resources.
Wilson also lectured at Plymouth Polytechnic (now the University of Plymouth) and at the University of the West Indies, based in Nassau, Bahamas.
Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-608
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material acquired by donation. Accession no: E2014.19.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie 20 March 2014
Creator
Subject
- Title
- University memorabilia of Robert Dean Wilson B.Sc. (Edinburgh) 1964
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk