Papers of John W Sharpe, 1916-1997, arts graduate, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland 1935-1940

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Papers of John W Sharpe, 1916-1997, arts graduate, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland 1935-1940

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Glasgow University Archive Service

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University of Strathclyde 1964-

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Sharpe John W 1916-1997 physics lecturer

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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. ...

Sharpe, John W (1916-1997 : arts graduate : University of Glasgow, Scotland )

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John Walker Sharpe was born in Stenhousemuir in Falkirk, Scotland on the 21st October 1916. He was a student at the University of Glasgow from 1935-1939 , gaining a First class MA degree in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in 1939. The collection has 43 of his lecture notebooks from his time at the university. He then spent a short time as Assistant Lecturer in Natural Philosophy at the Royal College of Science and Technology (now the University of Strathclyde ). He sp...