Correspondence, papers, lecture notes, diaries, and photographs.
Papers of Frank Smithies
This material is held atSt John's College Library Special Collections, University of Cambridge
- Reference
- GB 275 Smithies
- Dates of Creation
- 1912–2002
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English German Russian
- Physical Description
- 34 boxes, 8 albums
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Having studied at Edinburgh University, Smithies came to St John's College, Cambridge in 1931. He took his BA in 1933 and was awarded a PhD in 1937. After a period of study at Princeton, Smithies was elected to a Reserch Fellowship at St John's. During the Second World War he worked in the Ministry of Supply. He returned to Cambridge in 1945 to become a teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Mathematics. From 1962 until his retirement in 1979, he was Reader in Functional Analysis. In his retirement Smithies pursued his interest in the history of mathematics, in particular the work of Augustin Cauchy.
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Acquisition Information
Bequeathed to the Library by Smithies.
Note
Having studied at Edinburgh University, Smithies came to St John's College, Cambridge in 1931. He took his BA in 1933 and was awarded a PhD in 1937. After a period of study at Princeton, Smithies was elected to a Reserch Fellowship at St John's. During the Second World War he worked in the Ministry of Supply. He returned to Cambridge in 1945 to become a teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Mathematics. From 1962 until his retirement in 1979, he was Reader in Functional Analysis. In his retirement Smithies pursued his interest in the history of mathematics, in particular the work of Augustin Cauchy.
Preferred citation: St John's College Library, Papers of Frank Smithies
Archivist's Note
24 Apr 2009
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