London (England)
Found in 757 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Marjorie Rackstraw, 10 Feb 1955
Rackstraw recalls the times she has spent with the family in Glenapp and their home in Edinburgh. She thanks Lady Thomson for making her a part of their lives. She describes the partnership between Thomson and Lady Thomson, and expresses her thankfulness for having known both of them.
Includes Lady Thomson's annotations, which briefly allude to Rackstraw's voluntary work in Hampstead.
Letter from Professor Egon Sharpe Pearson to Thomson regarding Thomson's alternative hypothesis to Spearman's Two Factor Theory, as described in his British Journal of Psychology paper of July 1935, 13 Sept 1935
Pearson praises Thomson's work and discusses his own beliefs regarding the statistical testing of hypothesis.
Letter from Professor John Carl Flügel, Feb 12 1955
Flügel recalls Thomson's humour at a meeting in Stockholm when he threatened to chop the head off of anyone who spoke longer than the alloted time; his pleasure at Thomson's speech at a dinner in Birmingham where he praised Flügel; and an evening where Thomson and Lady Thomson had dinner with Flügel and his wife in their home.
Contains notes by Lady Thomson on the reverse regarding the French account of the Swedish Symposium.
Letter from Professor Tom Pear and his wife, Catherine, 11 Feb 1955
Pear reminisces about the time he spent with Thomson in their youth around 1919.
Letter from Sir Alexander Morris Carr Saunders to Thomson regarding Carr Saunder's publication, the Sociological Review and suggesting Thomson might want to contribute, 15 September 1934
Thomson has annotated the reverse side with a matrix calculation.
Additionally, Lady Thomson added annotations c1950s regarding David Somervell, who is mentioned in the letter, and his relationship with Thomson.
Letter from the British Association for the Advancement of Science to Thomson, offering him a vice-presidency for the year 1951, 3 Nov 1950
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.
Letter from the Colonial Office, Downing Street, to Thomson regarding the formation of a Colonial Social Science Research Council and inviting Thomson to accept membership, 24 May 1944
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.
Letter from the Colonial Office to Thomson, acknowledging his retirement from the Colonial Social Science Research Council and thanking him for his work, 23 October 1950
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.
Letter from the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principles of the Universities of the United Kingdom to Thomson, 23 Nov 1951
The letter invites Thomson to be a representative on the selecting committee for the British Council's German Dozenten for placement in Universities for the Academic year 1952-1953.
Marked Bibliography by Hector Thomson.
Letter from Thomas Buston Robson, 10 Feb 1955
The letter recalls how Robson and Thomson became re-acquainted 40 years after they met, rekindling their friendship after bumping into one another in London. Robson mentions how much pleasure Thomson's letter of congratulations gave him upon his knighthood.