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Papers of Herbert Walker Swift

  • Swift
  • Fonds
  • 1931–1997

Papers concerning Prof. W. Johnson's lecture 'The centennial year of Herbert Walker Swift' and its subsequent publication, letters and papers concerning a patent, correspondence of Mrs Maisie Swift after her husband's death, Swift's notes on plasticity, work by Swift's students.

Swift, Herbert Walker (1894-1960) engineer

Papers of James Joseph Sylvester

  • Sylvester
  • Fonds
  • 1844–1976

Letters, notebooks, lecture notes and other miscellaneous paperwork, mainly regarding mathematics.

Sylvester, James Joseph (1814-1897) mathematician

Papers of Joseph Robson Tanner

  • Tanner
  • Fonds
  • 1881–1926 (Circa)

Miscellaneous notes; lecture notes.

Tanner, Joseph Robson (1860-1931) historian

Papers of Brook Taylor

  • TaylorB
  • Fonds
  • 1701–1981

Includes notebooks, musical papers, mathematical notes, printed ephemera, and correspondence.

Taylor, Brook (1685-1731) mathematician

Papers of Charles Taylor

  • TaylorC
  • Fonds
  • 1861–1909

Catalogue of Taylor's books, lecture notebooks, passports,some invitation cards and menus, a notebook recording invitations given and received throughout Taylor's time as Master, letters, annotated copies of his works, College bills. Appointment diaries from the Master's Lodge 1887-1908, plus Mrs Taylor's diaries for 1907-08.

Taylor, Charles (1840-1908) Hebrew scholar and Master of St John's College, Cambridge

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 George Grimes Watson

  • Watson
  • Fonds
  • 1927 - 2016

The collection primarily consists of correspondence, arranged into various series: the 'ex libris' correspondence is that which was interleaved in George Watson's personal library and has since been reordered, and other preexisting groups of correspondence – including that with 'prominent persons', or pertaining to 'The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature' or to books authored by Watson – have been ordered within separate series. Typescripts and offprints of Watson's writing, and that of others, also feature, as do newspaper cuttings, photocopies of research material, and a small number of photographs. Additionally, some documentation and ephemera relating to Watson's career at the University of Cambridge and St John's College are included.

Watson, George Grimes (1927-2013) literary critic

Papers of Robert Rumsey Webb

  • Webb
  • Fonds
  • 1880–1910 (Circa)

Mathematical notes.

Webb, Robert Rumsey (1850-1936) mathematician

Papers of Francis Puryer White

  • White
  • Fonds
  • 1915–1961 (Circa)

Diaries describing College life at St John's, both as a student and as a Fellow, and his experiences as a conscientious objector and while serving in France in the Friends' Ambulance Unit; bibliographical notes on authors of mathematical and scientific works, 12th-19th century; a list of Johnian authors to 1900.

White, Francis Puryer (1893-1969) mathematician

Papers of John William Whittaker

  • Whittaker
  • Fonds
  • 1798–1955

Comprises interesting descriptions of travels around Europe and the United Kingdom undertaken by JWW and his friends, discussions of St John's College life and the subsequent experiences of JWW's fellow Johnians, and material concerning JWW's life as chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury.and as Vicar of Blackburn. Includes interesting reflections and observations on political matters and contemporary theological debates. Also included are a few miscellaneous travel documents.

Whittaker, John William (1791-1854) theologian and Anglican clergyman

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