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Papers of John Carnegie Eaton, senior lecturer in
Mathematics at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, Scotland,
1915-1972
1913-1972
0.3 metres
Strathclyde University Archives
John Carnegie Eaton (senior
lecturer in Mathematics at the Royal Technical College : 1915-1972 : Glasgow,
Scotland)
English.
John Carnegie Eaton was born c1915. He was appointed as a lecturer in
Mathematics at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, Scotland, before becoming
senior lecturer. He retired from his post as senior lecturer in the School of
Mathematics & Physics in 1972. As well as his interest in Mathematics, he
was also interested in the history of the Royal Technical College and was
involved in the campaign for a new University of East Stirlingshire and another
campaign to allow the University of Strathclyde to benefit from the Carnegie
United Kingdom Trust. The John C Eaton Reading Room was dedicated to his memory
following his death in 1972.
- Business diary of John Eaton 1959
- Papers on the future organisation of the Royal College of Science
& Technology, Glasgow 1956-1962
- Expenditure on university libraries, submission prepared by Eaton
with associated papers 1956-1958
- Papers on campaign for proposed University of East Stirlingshire
1964-1967
- Miscellaneous material regarding the history of the Royal
Technical College, college portraits and works of art, bursaries and prizes,
copies of obituaries of Eaton, 1913-1972
- Papers on the campaign to enable the University of Strathclyde
and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, to benefit from the Carnegie United
Kingdom Trust 1956-1968
The material is arranged into series as shown in the scope and
content. Within series, items are generally arranged chronologically.
Deposited in the Andersonian Library, University of Strathclyde
Transferred to Strathclyde University Archives : 1977
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GB 249 P 4/226 Photograph of John Carnegie Eaton
GB 247 MS Gen 1320-1332 papers of John Carnegie Eaton relating to a biography of Colin Maclaurin (Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department)
There are no known publications using this material
Fonds level description compiled by David Powell, Hub Project
Archivist, 22 January 2002
Academic teaching personnel
Diaries
Collective bargaining
Academic libraries
Eaton
John Carnegie
1915-1972
lecturer in mathematics
Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
Royal Technical College, Glasgow
Royal College of Science & Technology, Glasgow
University of Stirling
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow (Scotland)