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Portraits

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 695 Collections and/or Records:

Sir John Bennet Lawes, Bart., DCL, LLD, FRS, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3203
Scope and Contents

Portrait photograph of Sir John Bennet Lawes, Bart., DCL, LLD, FRS was an English entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. He founded an experimental farm at his home at Rothamsted Manor that eventually became the Rothamsted Experimental Station, where he developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Slides of Professor Max Born

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1716
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the glass slides of Max Born, Chair of Natural Philosophy with special reference to Mathematical Physics at the University of Edinburgh, and joint Nobel Prize winner. The slides were possibly used as a teaching aid.Labels on drawers: "Portaits" (photographic portraits of physicists), "Nuclei, Radiation, Fundamental Particles", "Crystals", "Quantum Theory", "Miscellaenous" (x2), "Thermodynamics", "Negatives". Four drawers are unlabelled. Except for the...
Dates: c mid-20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Smith, Culling Eardley, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/8/47
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Culling Eardley Smith. No caption.

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Box entitled "Calotypes by David Octavius Hill"

Smith, Matilda (Rigby), c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/6/74
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Matilda (Rigby) Smith. No caption.

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits VI. Saphir-End.

Smith, Matilda (Rigby), c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/7/51
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Matilda (Rigby) Smith. No caption.

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Loose Photographs

Smith, Samuel, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/6/14
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Samuel Smith. Caption: "Rev. Samuel Smith 1798-1868. (Borgue)".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits VI. Saphir-End.

Smyth, John, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/6/15
Scope and Contents

Portrait of John Smyth. Caption: "John Smyth, D.D. 1796-1860. (Glasgow)".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits VI. Saphir-End.

Smyttan, M.D., c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/6/17
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Smyttan. Caption: "Smyttan, M.D." No additional details.

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits VI. Saphir-End.

Somerville, Alexander Neill, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/6/18
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Alexander Neill Somerville. Caption: "Alexander Neill Somerville, D.D. 1813-1889. (Glasgow)".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits VI. Saphir-End.

Spence, James, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/6/20
Scope and Contents

Portrait of James Spence. Caption: "Professor James Spence 1812-1882. (Surgeon, Edinburgh)".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits VI. Saphir-End.