University of Birmingham Staff Papers: Papers of C. H. H. Franklin

Copies of papers relating to the Faraday Centenary Exhibition, 1931 and an exhibition catalogue of the event. Franklin exhibited many items from his personal collection at various venues including the Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry, in Birmingham throughout his career. Copies of other exhibition catalogues, 1930s; correspondence with University of Birmingham School of History, 1972; copies of notes by M.W. Bertensham relating to the donation of his collection to the Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry in the 1970s; black and white photographs of Franklin in his workshop,; typescript copy of My Life written by Franklin.

C. H. H. Franklin, b 1885 studied at Birmingham and gave up a job in industry to become a laboratory assistant to Sir Oliver Lodge. After a varied career in industry he returned to Birmingham and was a lecturer in the Electrical Engineering Department, 1921-1935. During the Second World War he worked for the Austin Motor Company and after the war he joined the Birmingham Electricity Department, working for the Central Generating Board when the industry was nationalised.

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