Papers of David Macleish Smith, 1900-1986, consulting mechanical engineer, England 1925-1987

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Papers of David Macleish Smith, 1900-1986, consulting mechanical engineer, England 1925-1987

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Glasgow University Archive Service

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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. ...

Smith, David Macleish, 1900-1986, consulting mechanical engineer, England

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David Macleish Smith was born in Elgin, Scotland, in 1900 . He was educated at Blairgowrie High School and the University of Glasgow, Scotland, graduating in 1920 with a BSc (Engineering). He also received, from the University of Glasgow, a DSc in 1932 for his thesis On the motion of a rotor carried by a flexible shaft in flexible bearings, and an honorary LLD in 1967. During the 1914-1918 World War, David Smith served as a private in the Gordon Highlanders, returning to his studies at Glasgow U...