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THOMSON, Sir George Paget (1892-1975). Physicist. |
Fellow of Corpus Christi College 1914-; Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen 1922-30; Professor of Physics at Imperial College London 1930-40, 44-52; Nobel Prize 1937; Chairman MAUS committee 1940-41; Deputy Chairman of the Radio Board 1942-43; Scientific Advisor to the Air Ministry 1943-44; Master of Corpus Christi College 1952-62
Biographical and autobiographical material 1906-76; research notes 1905-22; notes and papers on electron diffraction 1923-56; notes and papers on neuclear physics 1934-61; World War II activities 1937-45; notes and papers relating to thermoneuclear research 1946-63; scientific lectures and papers 1919-72; notes and papers on the history of Physics 1948-74; correspondence 1930-74; photographic materials 1927-35
60 boxes. Listed by the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists. Access to Thomson's autobiographical notes controlled by D P Thomson
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Trinity College Library, October 1997.