Papers of Professor Ludwig Becker (1860-1947), Regius Professor of Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Scotland Early 20th century
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Becker, Ludwig Wilhelm Emil Ernst 1860-1947
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Ludwig Wilhelm Emil Ernst Becker (b 1860) was Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University from 1893 until he retired in 1935. Born in Wesel, Germany, Becker studied at the University of Bonn, and following his PhD and a two-year appointment in the Berlin Observatory, he came to Scotland in 1885 to take charge of the observatory at Dunecht, Aberdeenshire. He was a popular lecturer and it was said that his classes were larger than those of any other professor of astron...
University of Glasgow (1451- : Glasgow, Scotland)
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These are Economic History lecture notes, possibly a lecturer's own notes. There are 6 notebooks within a slipcase. On the slipcase is written in pencil "Dr James Cunnison? Alec Macfie?" The identification of the author of these notes is not certain. There is one letter within volume 6 addressed to Dr Cunnison, but without a comparison of handwriting it has not possible to assign these notes to Dr Cunnison. References within the notes would indicate that they were written after 1924. ...
