D367 - Ditchburn, Professor R. W. - 1920-1921
Notebooks illustrated by diagrams, graphs etc. compiled by Prof R W Ditchburn whilst a student on the Practical course for the Honours B.Sc in Physics
For a few more details about the Physics courses see the Faculty of Science Prospectus of Courses Session 1920-21. The University of Liverp...
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| Physical Description: | 7 notebooks |
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| Summary: | Notebooks illustrated by diagrams, graphs etc. compiled by Prof R W Ditchburn whilst a student on the Practical course for the Honours B.Sc in Physics For a few more details about the Physics courses see the Faculty of Science Prospectus of Courses Session 1920-21. The University of Liverpool's Calendar 1920-21 indicates that, apart from Professor L.R. Wilberforce, the following were then the members of the academic staff of the Department of Physics: Mr. J. Rice (Senior Lecturer), Mr. R. Ablett and Mr. E. Edwards (Demonstrators and Junior Lecturers), and Mr. J.E. Crackston (Oliver Lodge Fellow). Professor Ditchburn believes that the Practical course which he took was supervised by Professor Wilberforce and Mr. Ablett. The notebooks provide no evidence of the names of the supervisors (who occasionally tick the results of the experiments) with the sole exception of Experiment No.11 which is ticked by J.E.C. [Crackston], 25 April 1921. |
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| Date: | 1920-1921 |
| Reference Number: | D367 |
| Related Material: | The list produced by the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Students deposited in Reading University Library |
| Separated Material: | D367/7 was, with the agreement of Professor Ditchburn, transferred by the Keeper of Archives and Manuscripts, University of Reading Library, in February 1987. Professor Ditchburn deposited this volume with the Keeper on 21 June 1967 (ref. Acc. No.544) whilst he was Professor of Physics at the University of Reading. |
| Bibliography: | [Book] Professor G.W. Series, Robert William Ditchburn 1903-1987 in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol.34, 1988, pp. 65-95, which includes a photographic portrait and a list of his publications. |
| Biographical/Administrative Information: | Professor Ditchburn entered the University in October 1919 at the age of 16 years, having attended Bootle Secondary School and obtained the Higher School Certificate (in Maths, Physics and Chemistry, with French as Subsidiary) in 1917. By permission of the Faculty of Science Professor Ditchburn was exempted from the Intermediate B.Sc. examination and was allowed to sit the Final Examination for the B.Sc. (Pass Degree) in Maths and Physics in June 1920, which he passed First Class. The degree of B.Sc. Honours in Physics was conferred on Professor Ditchburn in July 1922. During Session 1923-24 Professor Ditchburn was a registered external research student, working on "the atomic nucleus". During Sessions 1919-20 to 1921-22 inclusive Professor Ditchburn held a Bibby Scholarship (see The University of Liverpool Calendar 1919-20 p.431) and also a Pennington (Peace) Scholarship [awarded by Bootle County Borough Council]. Professor Ditchburn was successively Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy in Dublin University, 1929-46, and Professor of Physics at the University of Reading, 1946-68. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1962. For fuller details see the entry for Professor Ditchburn in Who's Who 1986, p.471. Professor Ditchburn contributed his Reminiscences (of his student career at Liverpool and Cambridge), as chapter one, to Rajkumari Williamson (ed.), The Making of Physicists (Adam Hilger, Bristol, 1987). The death of Professor Ditchburn was recorded in the 11 May 1987 issue of Precinct (University of Liverpool) |