The collection consists of lectures on mathematics delivered by T. W. Chaundy (1889-1971) as lecturer and reader at Oxford University, 1910-51, arranged alphabetically in files. Some have annotations and revisions, perhaps with a view to publication.
Dates
- Creation: 1910-1951
Extent
0.99 Linear metres (9 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. b. 119, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. b. 119-127
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13607
Abstract
Archive of Theodore William Chaundy
Biographical / Historical
Theodore William Chaundy, 1889-1966, was an English mathematician who introduced the Burchnall-Chaundy theory. He attended Oxford High School for Boys and read mathematics at Balliol College, Oxford. In 1910 he was appointed Lecturer in Mathematics at Christ Church; from 1912-1947 he served as an Official Student and Tutor in Mathematics. He was University Lecturer in Mathematics, 1927-1947, and University Reader in Mathematics, 1947-1956.
His publications include The Differential Calculus (1935), The Printing of Mathematics (1954), and Elementary Differential Equations (1969).
Other Finding Aids
A fuller description and detailed index are available in the Library and at the National Register of Archives.
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. I, nos. 43021-43029.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers, which cover the years 1910 - 1951, were received from Mrs. Chaundy.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of Theodore William Chaundy
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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