Catalogue description Catalogue of papers and correspondence relating to ALFRED RENE JEAN PAUL UBBELOHDE FRS (1907 - 1988)
This record is held by Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit
Reference: | NCUACS 32.8.91 |
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Title: | Catalogue of papers and correspondence relating to ALFRED RENE JEAN PAUL UBBELOHDE FRS (1907 - 1988) |
Description: |
The papers consist of letters, narratives and addresses which often contain recollections of or information about Ubbelohde additional to those directly quoted in the published text. There are both original letters or typescripts and photocopies. |
Note: |
Compiled by Peter Harper and Timothy E. Powell The work of the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists, and the production of this catalogue are made possible by the support of the following societies and organisations: E P Abraham Cephalosporin Fund The British Library British Telecom plc The Geological Society The Institute of Physics The Royal Society The Royal Society of Chemistry The Society of Chemical Industry The Wellcome Trust The Wolfson Foundation We are very grateful to Professor Weinberg for making the material available for cataloguing. " |
Date: | c1953-1990 |
Held by: | Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit, not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
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Physical description: | 37 files |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
The material was received in May 1989 from Professor F J Weinberg FRS who had assembled it while preparing his Memoir for the Royal Society. |
Administrative / biographical background: |
SUMMARY OF THE CAREER OF A R J P UBBELOHDE b. 1907 Antwerp 1920-26 St Paul's School 1926-30 Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford 1931-33 Senior Scholar of Christ Church Research in Department of Thermodynamics, Oxford 1931-32 spent at Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Göttingen (A. Eucken). 1933-35 Senior Research Award DSIR Research in Department of Thermodynamics, Oxford 1936-40 Dewar Fellow of the Royal Institution 1940-45 Principal Experimental Officer, Ministry of Supply 1945-54 Professor of Chemistry, Queen's University, Belfast 1951 Election to Fellowship of the Royal Society 1954-75 Professor of Thermodynamics, University of London (Imperial College) 1961-75 Head of Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Imperial College 1961 Conferral of CBE 1975-88 Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College |
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