Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937
Ernest Rutherford correspondence [microform], 1906-1937.
Primarily letters to Rutherford from his students and colleagues. The correspondence reflects his research achievements and ability to attract and train brilliant students as well as his involvement with the institutional establishment of science. The letters, rich in technical content, particularly for the early years, provide a picture of the scientific community and the state of science during the first four decades of the twentieth century. Topics of the collection include radioactivity, atomic and nuclear physics, and his professorships. Principal correspondents include Bertram B. Boltwood, Niels Bohr, William H. Bragg, Robert W. Boyle, James Chadwick, John Cockcroft, Marie Curie, Arthur S. Eve, Kasimir Fajans, Hans Geiger, Otto Hahn, George E. Hale, Georg Hevesy, John Joly, Louis V. King, Joseph Larmor, Gilbert N. Lewis, Ernest Marsden, Stefan Meyer, John N. Pring, Owen W. Richardson, Harold R. Robinson, Arthur Schuster, Frederick Soddy, and Joseph John Thomson.
Physicist (radioactivity, alpha particles, experimental nuclear physics) and administrator. On the physics faculty at Trinity College, University of Cambridge (1895-1898); McGill University, (1898-1907); Manchester University (1907-1919); University of Cambridge (1919-1937); director, Cavendish Laboratory (1919-1937); and chair, advisory council, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (1930-1937).
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962
Boltwood, Bertram Borden, 1870-1927.
Bragg, William Henry, 1862-1942
Chadwick, James, 1891-1974
Cockcroft, John, Sir, 1897-1967
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.
Eve, A. S. (Arthur Stewart), 1862-1948.
Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975
Geiger, Hans, 1882-
Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968.
Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
Hevesy, Georg von, 1885-1966
Joly, John, 1857-1933.
Lamor, Joseph, Sir, b. 1857.
Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946.
Marsden, Ernest, Sir, b. 1889
Meyer, Stefan, 1872-1949
Richardson, O. W. (Owen Willans), 1879-1959.
Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937
Schuster, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1934.
Soddy, Frederick, 1877-1956.
Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), 1856-1940
Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England)
Nuclear physics
Physics -- Study and teaching
Physics -- Research.
Radioactivity.
Boyle, Robert W.
King, Louis V.
Pring, John N.
Robinson, Harold R.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics. Archives for the History of Quantum Physics.
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA