Dr I.T. Adamson, Department of Mathematics, University of Dundee

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  • Reference
    • GB 254 UR-SF 24
  • Dates of Creation
    • c. 1936 - 1987
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 3 linear metres

Scope and Content

Notes taken when a student at school and university; lecture and tutorial notes and other academic papers from Queen's University Belfast and the University of Western Australia; personal and other academic papers relating to the University of Dundee; personal correspondence, c 1936-1982

Administrative / Biographical History

Iain Adamson was educated at Morgan Academy, Dundee and at St Andrews University where he studied mathematics. He lectured in mathematics at the University of Belfast, returning to Dundee in 1960 where he was appointed as a lecturer in mathematics in Queen's College. He undertook visiting lectureships to the University of Western Australia in the 1966, 1972 and 1978. Adamson was employed by the University of Dundee as a senior lecturer from c 1978. He retired from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in 1993 and published a number of books. He died in 2010.

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Acquisition Information

The papers were gifted at various times in the 1980s and 1990s.

Note

Iain Adamson was educated at Morgan Academy, Dundee and at St Andrews University where he studied mathematics. He lectured in mathematics at the University of Belfast, returning to Dundee in 1960 where he was appointed as a lecturer in mathematics in Queen's College. He undertook visiting lectureships to the University of Western Australia in the 1966, 1972 and 1978. Adamson was employed by the University of Dundee as a senior lecturer from c 1978. He retired from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in 1993 and published a number of books. He died in 2010.

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UR-SF 24