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Eshelby Manuscripts

 Fonds
Reference code: 144

Scope and Contents

A collection of papers relating to work on materials science carried out by John Douglas Eshelby. The collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, research papers and miscellaneous documents relating to the working life of John Douglas Eshelby, notably relating to the subject area of materials science, but also including mathematics, theoretical physics, languages and archaeology.

For further details of this collection please see the listing in the External Document section below.

Dates

  • Creation: 1957 - 1981

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Available to all researchers by appointment

Biographical / Historical

John Douglas (Jock) Eshelby, born in 1916, was privately educated and took his degree at Bristol University. After holding several early research posts, he worked in the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge; was elected a Fellow of Churchill College; was then appointed Reader in the Faculty of Materials (Theory of Materials) at Sheffield; and became Professor in 1971. He died in 1981.

Extent

20 Box(es)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

By category. Arranged and listed by Professor Bruce Bilby.

Custodial History

The Eshelby Manuscripts were bequeathed to the University Library by Professor Eshelby, and received in 1991, along with Professor Eshelby’s personal library (The Eshelby Collection). The papers have been listed by Professor Bruce Bilby, Professor Eshelby's colleague.

Related Materials

Eshelby Collection

Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
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