Newman, M. H. A. (Maxwell Herman Alexander), 1897-
M. H. A. Newman papers, 1916-1984.
The collection includes a small number of letters from Albert Einstein, Paul Dirac, Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, Hermann Weyl, Harold Jeffreys, Sir Horace Lamb, Sir John Douglas Cockcroft, and John von Neumann.
Newman came to St. John's in 1915. After serving in the army 1916-1918, he returned to graduate in 1921 and became a Fellow of St. John's in 1923. He was University Lecturer in Mathematics at Cambridge 1927-1945, and Rockefeller Research Fellow at Princeton, 1928-1929. In 1945 he became Fielden Professor of Mathematics at Manchester University, holding the chair until his retirement in 1964.
Cockcroft, John, Sir, 1897-1967 -- Correspondence.
Eddington, Arthur Stanley, Sir, 1882-1944 -- Correspondence.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. -- Correspondence.
Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902- -- Correspondence.
Lamb, Horace, Sir, 1849-1934 -- Correspondence.
Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957
Weyl, Hermann, 1885-1995 -- Correspondence.
Mathematicians -- England.
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