Kenneth Graham Thomson collection 1951-1965

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Kenneth Graham Thomson collection 1951-1965

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb15-kennethgrahamthomson

Correspondence, notes and biographical material (Circa 1,000 leaves)

eng,

Scott Polar Research Institute

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SNAC Resource ID: 6285628

Scott Polar Research Institute

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Wild John Robert Francis 1873-1939

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Thomson Kenneth Graham

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Kenneth Graham Thomson

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mj2t0m (person)

Kenneth Graham Thomas undertook research in to the life of John Robert Francis Wild with the aim of producing a biography. This research included extensive correspondence with the family of 'Frank', including his widow, brother, sisters and cousins. Thomson also wrote to the Scott Polar Research Institute and Wilds contemporaries. The biography covered the period of Wilds life from 1873 to 1916 when Thomson stopped work on it in 1956. From the guide to the Kenneth Graham Thomson coll...