Magnus MacLean papers

Correspondence; published research; photographs.

Magnus Maclean was, for many years, assistant to Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, at Glasgow University. In 1899, he was appointed Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. He held the chair until 1924 when he retired. Alongside his interest in electricity he was a Gaelic scholar and lectured on Celtic literature at Glasgow University from 1900 to 1903.

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Magnus Maclean was, for many years, assistant to Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, at Glasgow University. In 1899, he was appointed Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. He held the chair until 1924 when he retired. Alongside his interest in electricity he was a Gaelic scholar and lectured on Celtic literature at Glasgow University from 1900 to 1903.

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Letters and papers of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs (Ref: GB 247 MS Kelvin) (Glasgow University Library, Special Collections)

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