Record

Reference numberMS/822
LevelSubFonds
TitlePapers concerning the life and career of Eric Ashby FRS
CreatorAshby, Eric, Baron Ashby of Brandon, Suffolk (1904-1922)
DescriptionTHIS COLLECTION HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM MS TO ASHBY'S PIF AND TO WORKS
Papers concerning Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby of Brandon, Suffolk.
Comprises:
Published tributes and obituaries of Eric Ashby, a typescript copy of the memoir of Ashby prepared for the Royal Society journal 'Biographical Memoirs' by John Heslop-Harrison FRS.
Correspondence about Ashby between Heslop-Harrison and friends of Ashby, there are also three items of correspondence of Ashby himself concerning his own professional reminiscences.
Photocopies of Ashby's earlier research papers (1928-1937) not readily available in libraries.
Some correspondence concerning transfer of the papers to the Royal Society archive.
Extent1 box, MS large
Physical descriptionLoose papers, boxed
Access statusOpen
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