A list of the second series of the papers and correspondence of Dennis Gabor FRS...

This second series of papers consists of seven boxes of various material. The list which follows covers the majority of the contents of the first box. It includes mainly work related correspondence with only the occasional piece of personal correspondence. All of Gabor's papers are held at the Imperial College Archives. This list was compiled bearing in mind the fact that research is about to commence on a Dennis Gabor biography.

Many of Gabor's notes are typewritten, as is the great majority of his outgoing correspondence. All material is in English unless otherwise stated. The use of [ ] denotes a query over the information given.

I have listed these papers in alphabetical order as unfortunately the original order has long since been destroyed. After discussion with the Archivist it was clear that an alphabetical arrangement suited the users as it is more common for people to request material by name rather than by date. This arrangement is used in lists of other papers held in the Archives.

<p>The first series of Gabor's papers was listed in 1986 and fills 40 boxes, it is hoped in time that the two series can be cross referenced and fully indexed.</p>

These papers are from the second series of Gabor papers, which, over a five year period were transferred from his former office in the Imperial College Electrical Engineering Department to the Electrical Engineering Library and finally to the College Archives.

Dennis Gabor was born in Hungary on 5th June 1900. In 1918 he attended the Technical University, Budapest to study a four year course in Mechanical Engineering, he followed this with a course from 1921-24 in Electrical Engineering at the Technische Hochschule, Berlin. He was awarded the Diplom-Arbeit in 1924. In 1927 he was awarded his doctorate and was then employed at Siemens and Halske, Siemenstadt.

In 1934 Gabor travelled to England where he became employed by the British Thomson Houston Company (BTH) in Rugby, he was married in 1936 to Majorie Butler. Gabor became a permanent resident and in 1938 persuaded his brother Andre Gabor to become one too, because of the threat of war in Europe. Dennis Gabor registered as an Alien with a special qualification in 1939 due to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Gabor was appointed Reader in Electron Physics at Imperial College in 1948. His appointment to the personal Chair of Applied Electron Physics at Imperial was made in 1958. He retired from this Chair in 1967 and was then appointed Research Fellow and Professor Emeritus. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1956 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in December 1971. He died on 9th February 1979.