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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Interviews with former staff of the Institute of Animal Genetics, 1969-1971

 Series
Identifier: EUA CA16/1
Scope and Contents

Contains interviews with: Charlotte Auerbach, Alick Buchanan Smith, Lord Balerno, F.A.E. Crew, Frank Fraser Darling, Hugh Paterson Donald, Honor Fell and Alan William Greenwood. The interviewer in all cases is Margaret Deacon.

Dates: 1969-1971
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Science Studies Unit Oral History recordings

Introductions, c1779-c1801

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/1
Scope and Contents

Volume consists of drafts of numerous introductions for various kinds of lectures in 'natural philosophy', the first dated October 26, 1779, and possibly bearing the name of David Hume.

Dates: c1779-c1801
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

Introductions, c1804

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/2
Scope and Contents

Volume consists of drafts of numerous introductions for various kinds of lectures in 'natural philosophy'. They discuss the use of terms like 'causation' and 'laws', concerned less with scientific facts than with how to study science itself.

Dates: c1804
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

Letter from Charles H Stewart, Secretary to the University of Edinburgh, to Thomson regarding the acceptance of an Endowment from the Thomson Research Fund for a lectureship in Educational Research, 24 Mar 1949

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/1/11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes letters to and about Thomson regarding his life, work, and career from a variety of correspondents including Karl Pearson, Egon Pearson, Edward Lee Thorndike, Sir James Duff, Carlos Paton Blacker, David Glass, and Derrick Lawley.

Dates: 24 Mar 1949
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence / Letters to Thomson compiled by Hector and titled <emph>Important letters in my Father's life relevant to his biography</emph>

Letter from one of Thomson's former students, Margaret Ward Dyer (née Hinman), 20 Feb 1955

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/26/25
Scope and Contents

Dyer states how much Thomson meant to her, how he influenced her, and how much she enjoyed being in his B. Ed class.

Dates: 20 Feb 1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence / Letters of condolence to Lady Thomson

Letter from Prof John MacMurray, 10 Feb 1955

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/26/8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Contains letters from contemporaries, colleagues, friends, and former students including: Carlos Paton Blacker, David Glass, Prof John MacMurray, Sir Thomson Buston Robson, Sir James Learmonth, Sir Edward Appleton, Sir Edmund Whittaker, and Professor Edwin Bidwell Wilson. The letters recall Thomson's life and work, and what he meant to the sender. In many cases, the letters have annotations by Lady Thomson giving biographical information about the sender and their relationship to...
Dates: 10 Feb 1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence / Letters of condolence to Lady Thomson

Letter from Professor David J Finney to Thomson regarding the use of maximum likelihood, 13 May 1952

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/1/16
Scope and Contents

Thomson has inscribed the letter The paper was A Dueit Deduction of the constant process used in the method of right and wrong cases, The Psychological Review, Vol 26, No 6, Nov 1919, pp 454-464.

Dates: 13 May 1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence / Letters to Thomson compiled by Hector and titled <emph>Important letters in my Father's life relevant to his biography</emph>

Letter from Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker to Thomson praising the new edition of the Factorial Analysis of Human Ability and discussing the possibility of Thomson's election to the Royal Society, 12 Dec 1946

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/1/10
Scope and Contents

Whittaker also acknowledges the contribution made by Thomson's colleagues: Aitken, Black, Emmett, Lawley, Ledermann, and Mackie.

Marked Biography by Hector Thomson.

Dates: 12 Dec 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence / Letters to Thomson compiled by Hector and titled <emph>Important letters in my Father's life relevant to his biography</emph>

Letter from Thomson to Hector regarding the presentation of his portrait with invitation and newspaper cuttings from the event, 12 Nov 1950

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/21
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes letters to and about Thomson regarding his life, work, and career from a variety of correspondents including Karl Pearson, Egon Pearson, Edward Lee Thorndike, Sir James Duff, Carlos Paton Blacker, David Glass, and Derrick Lawley.

Dates: 12 Nov 1950
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence

Letter to Derrick Lawley from Thomson regarding Factor Analysis and Lawley's paper on the subject, 5 Oct 1941

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/6
Scope and Contents

The letter is written on the reverse of preliminary notices for the 12th International Congress of Psychology.

Dates: 5 Oct 1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence

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