Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925
Oliver Heaviside papers, 1884-1922.
The papers contain 21 working manuscript notebooks of research notes and drafts of articles; correspondence, including letters from G. F. Searle, Lord Kelvin, and S. P. Thompson. The remainder of the collection consists of about eight archive boxes of loose random notes and pamphlets. A gift from B. A. Behrend comprises 4 letters from Heaviside to Behrend, 1918-1919, a document conferring an honorary doctorate (German) on Heaviside, and volumes 31-100 of 'Nature,' November 1884-February 1918 (minus vol 77), with Heaviside's annotations.
Physicist (mathematical physics and electrical engineering). Telegraph operator, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England (1870-1874); self-employed as physicist and electrical engineer from 1874.
Behrend, B. A. (Bernhard Arthur), 1875-
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907
Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916,
Nature (publication).
Degrees, Academic.
Science.
Magazines (periodicals).
Notebooks. aat
Pamphlets. aat
Physicists. lcsh
Searle, G. F. C.
AIP-ICOS
Institution of Engineering and Technology. Archives Dept. Savoy Place, London WC2R OBL, England