Guard-book containing typescript copies of Oxford university lectures
Guard-book containing typescript copies of Oxford university lectures:
- (fols. 1-32) Harold Edward Dale, 'The personnel and problems of the Higher Civil Service' (Sydney Ball lecture, 1943);
- (fols. 33-59) A. D. Ritchie, 'Scientific method in social studies' (Herbert Spencer lecture, 1943);
- (fols. 60-84) John Laird, 'Political liberty and human wellbeing' (Herbert Spencer lecture, 1944);
- (fols. 85-117) John Boyd Orr, 'The third major transition phase of civilization' (Herbert Spencer lecture, 1949);
- (fols. 118-154) Édouard Dolléans, 'Three points of contact between France and Great Britain 1862-1910; outstanding moments in the history of the worker movement' (Sydney Ball lecture, 1949);
- (fols. 155-182) Sir W. H. Fyfe, 'Herbert Spencer' (Herbert Spencer lecture, 1951);
- (fols. 183-217) J. B. S. Haldane, 'Time in Biology' (Herbert Spencer lecture, 1955);
- (fols. 218-270) Morris Ginsberg, 'Social Change' (Herbert Spencer lecture, 1958);
- (fols. 271-308) Sir Charles Darwin, 'The increasing numbers of mankind' (Herbert Spencer lecture, Nov. 1958);
- (fols. 309-329) Baroness Wootton of Abinger, 'The Arbitrator's task' (Sydney Ball lecture, 1958);
- (fols. 330-362) Noel Annan, 'Three Sociologists in English Literature' (Herbert Spencer lecture, 1960);
- (fols. 363-394) Sir Peter Medawar, 'Evolution and evolutionism' (Herbert Spencer lecture, 1962);
- (fols. 395-434) Richard Hofstadter, 'The paranoid style in American politics' (Herbert Spencer lecture, 1963).
Dates
- Creation: 1943-1963
Extent
434 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Oxon. d. 360, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Top. Oxon. d. 360
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 7457
Abstract
Guard-book containing typescript copies of Oxford university lectures, 1943-1963.
Biographical / Historical
Harold Edward Dale (1875–1954) was a British civil servant and author.
Arthur David Ritchie (1891–1967) was a British chemical physiologist and philosopher.
John Laird (1887–1946) was a British philosopher.
John Boyd Orr, Baron Boyd Orr (1880–1971) was a British nutritional physiologist.
Édouard Dolléans (1877-1954) was a French historian.
Sir William Hamilton Fyfe (1878–1965) was a British headmaster and university administrator.
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (1892–1964) was a British geneticist.
Morris Ginsberg (1889–1970) was a British sociologist and philosopher.
Sir Charles Galton Darwin (1887–1962) was a British physicist.
Barbara Frances Wootton [née Adam], Baroness Wootton of Abinger (1897–1988) was a British economist and social scientist
Noel Gilroy Annan, Baron Annan (1916–2000) was a British military intelligence officer, author, and academic.
Sir Peter Brian Medawar (1915–1987) was a British biologist.
Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970) was an American historian.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 55067.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received in accordance with university statutes, 1943-1963.
Subject
- Dale | Harold Edward | 1875-1954 | civil servant and author (Person)
- Ritchie | Arthur David | 1891-1967 | chemical physiologist and philosopher (Person)
- Laird | John | 1887-1946 | Philosopher (Person)
- Orr | John | Boyd | 1880-1971 | Baron Boyd Orr | nutritional physiologist (Person)
- Dolléans | Édouard | 1877-1954 | historian (Person)
- Fyfe | Sir | William Hamilton | 1878-1965 | headmaster and university administrator (Person)
- Haldane | John Burdon Sanderson | 1892-1964 | geneticist (Person)
- Ginsberg | Morris | 1889-1970 | sociologist and philosopher (Person)
- Darwin | Sir | Charles Galton | 1887-1962 | physicist (Person)
- Wootton | Barbara Frances | 1897-1988 | née Adam | Baroness Wootton of Abinger | economist and social scientist (Person)
- Annan | Noel Gilroy | 1916-2000 | Baron Annan | historian and academic administrator (Person)
- Medawar | Sir | Peter Brian | 1915-1987 | Knight | medical scientist (Person)
- Hofstadter | Richard | 1916-1970 | historian (Person)
- Title
- Guard-book containing typescript copies of Oxford university lectures
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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