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Papers of SIR JOHN SEALY E. TOWNSEND, K.B.E., F.R.S. (1868 - 1957)
Catalogue reference: CSAC 8.2.74
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This record is about the Papers of SIR JOHN SEALY E. TOWNSEND, K.B.E., F.R.S. (1868 - 1957) dating from 1914-1957.
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- CSAC 8.2.74
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Title (The name of the record)
- Papers of SIR JOHN SEALY E. TOWNSEND, K.B.E., F.R.S. (1868 - 1957)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files of patents (from Britain, France, Italy and the U.S.) constitute the major portion of the collection and are arranged chronologically. Item 8 in 'Publications' includes an extensively corrected typescript of 'Theory of Waves in Gases', the book on sound which Professor Townsend was writing during his last years.
I. Biographical 1
II. Publications 2 - 9
III. Correspondence 10
IV. Patents and contracts 11 - 21
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Listed by: Jeannine Alton
Harriot Weiskittel
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Townsend, John Sealy E, 1868-1957, physicist</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 box
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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The papers were received from the Bodleian Library where they were deposited in 1957. They cover the years 1914 - 1956.
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Summary of the career of Professor Townsend
1868 Born in Galway, Ireland
1885 Entered Trinity College Dublin
1890 - 95 Fellowship Prizeman
1895 Entered Trinity College Cambridge as an advanced student
1898 Clerk Maxwell Scholar
1899 Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge
1900 - 41 Wykeham Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford
1900 - 41 Fellow of New College Oxford
1903 Fellow of the Royal Society
1910 Opening of the Electrical Laboratory (now the Townsend Laboratory)
1911 Married Mary Georgiana Lambert
1914 - 18 Wireless research, Royal Naval Air Service
1941 K.B.E.
1941 Move to Winchester for several years followed by return to Oxford
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2bff78a2-6f8b-41fb-a1db-4bbef590d901/
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Papers of SIR JOHN SEALY E. TOWNSEND, K.B.E., F.R.S. (1868 - 1957)