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Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of SIR CYRIL NORMAN HINSHELWOOD OM, FRS...
Catalogue reference: CSAC 17.11.74
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- CSAC 17.11.74
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Title (The name of the record)
- Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of SIR CYRIL NORMAN HINSHELWOOD OM, FRS (1897-1967)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1919-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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It consists almost entirely of laboratory notebooks and experimental observations and results covering the early period of Hinshelwood's work on molecular reactions and gas reactions. Most of this work was conducted in the former laboratory shared by Balliol and Trinity Colleges, consisting, as Sir Harold Thompson describes in his Memoir (Item 1), of cellars, out-houses and a converted bathroom.
Section III contains notes and reports of work on respirator design undertaken by Hinshelwood and his research team for the Chemical Defence Board, Ministry of Supply, during the Second World War. Official documents relating to this work were returned to the P.R.O.
Some of Hinshelwood's papers were accepted and listed by the Library of the Royal Society after his death. They consist of certificates and records of honours and awards, reprints of scientific and non-scientific writings, photographs and press-cuttings, and a box of uncatalogued manuscript material.
Dr. C.J. Danby, of the Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford, has given valuable help in the dating and attribution of certain items in the collection.
I. Biographical 1 - 2
II. Laboratory notebooks and working papers 3 - 28
III. War work 29 - 45
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Compiled by Jeannine Alton and Harriot Weiskittel
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Royal Society
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Hinshelwood, Sir, Cyril Norman, 1897-1967, Knight, scientist and physical chemist</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 12.66 linear feet
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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The collection was received from the Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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1897 b. London
1916 - 18 Department of Explosives, Queensferry Royal Ordinance Factory
1919 Entered Balliol College, Oxford
1920 - 21 Fellow of Balliol College
1921 - 64 Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford
1929 Elected to the Royal Society
1937 - 64 Dr. Lee's Professor of Chemistry, Oxford
1943 Davy Medal
1946 Bakerian Lecture
1946 - 47 President, Chemical Society
1949 Royal Medal
1948 Knight Bachelor
1955 - 60 President, Royal Society
1956 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
1959 President, Classical Association
1960 Presidential Address, Royal Society Tercentenary
1960 Leverhulme Medal
1960 Order of Merit
1961 - 63 President, Faraday Society
1962 Copley Medal
1964 - 65 President, British Association for the Advancement of Science
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/fd950be4-a251-4202-b574-097fe2630dbc/
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Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of SIR CYRIL NORMAN HINSHELWOOD OM, FRS (1897-1967)