Eliot, Charles Norton Edgcumbe, 1862 - 1931
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1862 - 1931
Biography
Sir Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot was Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield from 1905 to 1912. He succeeded William Hicks as Vice-Chancellor in July 1905. He arrived with a background in the diplomatic service rather than education and was a brilliant polymath. His interests included Zoology, Far Eastern languages and Philosophy. He took the role of Vice-Chancellor of Hong Kong University after he left Sheffield in 1912, and returned to the diplomatic service thereafter. Sources: 'Steel City Scholars' Helen Mathers and 'A Story of a Modern History' Arthur W. Chapman.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Records of the University President and Vice-Chancellor's Office, 1878 - 2010
Sub-Fonds
Reference code: GB / 3041 / US / VC
Scope and Contents
Records of the Vice-Chancellor's Office consist of letterbooks, correspondence files, scrap books and diaries. Correspondence from the former Firth College, and University College, Sheffield, are included in this collection:
Firth College correspondence (FC/VC/1)
University College, Sheffield correspondence (USC/VC/1)
Outgoing correspondence letterbooks (US/VC/1)
Subject files A-W (US/VC/2)
Vice-Chancellorship papers (US/VC/3)...
Dates:
1878 - 2010