Guide to modern manuscript collections by type

Mathematicians

• Adams, John Frank (1930-1989)
• Davenport, Harold (1901-1969)
• Eddington, Arthur Stanley (1882-1944)
• Forsyth, Andrew Russell (1858-1942)
• Hardy, Godfrey Harold (1877-1974)
• Herman, Robert Alfred (1861-1927)
• Jourdain, Philip Edward Bertrand (1879-1919)
• Littlewood, John Edensor (1885-1977)
• Neville, Eric Harold (1889-1961)
• Peacock, George (1791-1858)
• Ramanujan, Srinivasa (1887-1920)

Scientists

• Adrian, Edgar Douglas, 1st Baron Adrian (1889-1977). Neurophysiologist
• Eddington, Arthur Stanley (1882-1944). Mathematician and astrophysicist
• Frisch, Otto Robert (1904-1979). Nuclear phycisist
• Hooke, Robert (1635-1703). Man of science
• Linfoot, Edward Hubert (1905-1982). Astronomer
• Mann, Frederick George (1898-1982). Organic chemist
• Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1726/7). Man of science
• Pantin, Carl Frederick Abel (1899-1967), Zoologist
• Synge, Richard Laurence Millington (1914-1994), Biochemist
• Taylor, Sir Geoffrey Ingram (1886-1975). Aerodynamicist
• Thomson, Sir George Paget (1892-1975). Physicist
• Thomson, Sir Joseph John (1856-1940). Physicist
• Turner, Dawson (1775-1858). Banker, botanist and antiquary
• Whewell, William (1794-1866). Man of science

Classicists

• Bentley, Richard (1662-1742)
• Burn, Robert (1829-1904)
• Cornford, Francis Macdonald (1874-1943)
• Gow, Andrew Sydenham Farrar (1886-1979)
• Housman, Alfred Edward (1859-1936)
• Jackson, Henry (1839-1921)
• Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse (1841-1905)
• King, Charles William (1818-1888)
• Mayor family
• Myers, Frederick William Henry (1843-1901)
• Powell, John Enoch (1912-1998)
• Smith, Arthur Hamilton (1860-1941)

Historians and antiquaries

• Bell, Baupre (1704-1745). Antiquary
• Butler, Sir James Ramsay Montagu (1889-1973). Historian
• Cullum, George Gery Milner-Gibson (1857-1921). Autograph collector
• Hallam, Henry (1777-1859). Historian
• Lapsley, Gaillard Thomas (1871-1949). Constitutional historian
• Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron Macaulay (1800-1859). Historian
• Robson, Robert (1929-1995). Historian
• Simpson, Frederick Arthur (1883-1974). Historian
• Turner, Dawson (1775-1858). Banker, botanist and antiquary

Economists

• Dobb, Maurice Herbert (1900-1976)
• Robertson, Sir Dennis Holme (1890-1963)
• Sidgwick, Henry (1838-1900)
• Sraffa, Piero (1898-1983)
• Whewell, William (1794-1866)

Philosophers

• Broad, Charlie Dunbar (1887-1971)
• McTaggart, John McTaggart Ellis (1866-1925)
• Sidgwick, Henry (1838-1900)
• Whewell, William (1794-1866)
• Wittgenstein, Ludwig Joseph Johann (1889-1951)

Anthropologists

• Frazer, Sir James George (1854-1941)

Politicians

• Butler, Richard Austen, 1st Baron Butler (1902-1981)
• Childers, Robert Erskine (1870-1922)
• Grote family
• Houghton, 1st Baron (1809-1885)
• Layton, Walter Thomas, 1st Baron Layton (1884-1966)
• Montagu, Edwin Samuel (1879-1924)
• Munby, Arthur Joseph (1828-1910)
• Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick William 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence (1871-1961)
• Smith, Sir Henry Babington (1863-1923)

Artists and musicians

• Bell, Arthur Clive Heward (1881-1964). Art historian
• Gray, Alan (1855-1935). Organist and composer
• Trevelyan, Julian Otto (1910-1989). Painter and etcher

Authors

• Bright, Henry Arthur (1830-1884). Merchant and author
• Cornford, Rupert John (1915-1936). Poet
• Fitzgerald, Edward (1809-1883). Poet and translator
• Houghton, 1st Baron (1809-1885). Public figure and author
• Housman, Alfred Edward (1859-1936). Classicist and poet
• Macaulay, Dame Emilie Rose (1881-1958). Author
• Milne, Alan Alexander (1882-1956). Author
• Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745). Author
• Tennyson, Alfred, 1st Baron (1809-1892). Poet
• Trevelyan, Robert Calverley (1872-1951). Author

Bibliographers

• Greg, Sir Walter Wilson (1875-1959)
• Wright, William Aldis (1831-1914)

Family papers

• Babington family of Rothley Temple
• Mayor, Grote and Bickersteth families

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