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Papers of William Selwyn

  • Selwyn
  • Fonds
  • 1875–1876

Papers concerning a memorial to Professor Selwyn. Includes the minute book of the Memorial Fund Committee meetings, printed notices of three meetings, lists of committee members and of donors to the memorial fund, and letters promising donations from members of the College and the University. The memorial was a bust sculpted by Bruce Hill and erected in the Divinity School.

Selwyn, William (1806-1875) Church of England clergyman

Papers of Isaac Todhunter

  • Todhunter
  • Fonds
  • 1814–1884 (Circa)

Notebooks containing mathematical notes, problems and solutions, a catalogue of Todhunter's library, letters to John Sephton.

Todhunter, Isaac (1820-1884) mathematician and historian of mathematics

Papers of Stephen Parkinson

  • Parkinson
  • Fonds
  • 1845–1889 (Circa)

19 notebooks containing mathematical notes and examples, possibly used by Parkinson for coaching students. Topics covered include: Newton, dynamics, hydrostatics, tides, statics, instruments, undulatory theory, mechanics, and planetary theory.

Parkinson, Stephen (1823-1889) mathematician

Papers of Robert Peirson

  • Peirson
  • Fonds
  • 1854–1890 (Circa)

Manuscript papers and a few notebooks consisting of notes and calculations. The majority of the material relates to astronomy and optics and dates from 1854-90.

Peirson, Robert (1821-1891) astronomer

Papers of William Blair Morton

  • Morton
  • Fonds
  • 1889–1892

14 notebooks containing notes taken by Morton at lectures he attended 1889-1892, mostly given by R.R. Webb, others by J. Larmor, H.F. Baker, G.H. Darwin and R. Pendlebury. They include notes on the following subjects: Statics (Webb), Newton (Webb), Particle Dynamics (Webb), Rigid Dynamics (Webb), Hydrostatics (Webb), Planetary Theory (Darwin), Physical Optics, Geometrical Optics (Larmor, Webb), Mathematical Physics (Larmor), Astronomy (Webb).

Morton, William Blair (1868-1949) physicist

Papers of G.C. Moore Smith

  • SmithGCM
  • Fonds
  • 1893-1895

Correspondence relating to the compilation of 'Lists of past occupants of rooms in St John's College' published in 1895. All autograph unless otherwise stated.

Smith, George Charles Moore (1858-1940) literary scholar

Chemistry papers

  • Chemistry
  • Collection
  • 1874–1898 (Circa)

Lists of chemistry questions; various printed examination papers; papers relating to scholarship examinations in Natural Sciences at St John's and Trinity College.

Various (001918)

Papers of William Emerton Heitland

  • Heitland
  • Fonds
  • 1864–1899

Notebooks containing notes on classical subjects and translations; notebook used as Junior Bursar, containing notes on College Council business; diary of a holiday in the Isle of Wight.

Heitland, William Emerton (1847-1935) classicist

Papers of John Robert Lunn

  • Lunn
  • Fonds
  • 1831–1901 (Circa)

Manuscript music, biographical notes, newspaper cuttings, some printed items, a list of Masters and Fellows of St John's College.

Lunn, John Robert (1831-1899) mathematician and musician

Papers of Richard Pendlebury

  • Pendlebury
  • Fonds
  • 1872–1902 (Circa)

Notebooks and loose papers containing mathematical notes, lists of books given to the Fitzwilliam Museum and St John's College Library, a catalogue of Pendlebury's books, notes on a mountaineering trip.

Pendlebury, Richard (1847-1902) mathematician

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