Merton College Register 1900 1964

Author : Janet Foster,Julia Sheppard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 691 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1995-09-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781349118120

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British Archives by Janet Foster,Julia Sheppard Pdf

Since it was first published in 1982 British Archives has established itself as the premier reference work to holdings of archives and manuscript collections throughout the UK. The 3rd edition has been extensively revised and enlarged with more than 150 new entries, further widening the range of the book. Entries are structured to show the archives of the organisation as distinct from deposited collections and significant non-manuscript material, and additional details of fax number and conservation provision are included for the first time. All the existing entries have been significantly updated, together with the select bibliography and list of useful addresses of various organisations involved in the care and custody of archives. The introduction provides an invaluable guide to researchers using archives, including a summary of the relevant legislation and a detailed description of the usual holdings of county and other local authority record offices.

Author : Michael Sanderson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429836381

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The Universities and British Industry by Michael Sanderson Pdf

Originally published in 1972, The University and British Industry examines the lively and controversial relationship between British industry and the university. The book looks at the impact of industry on the development of British universities from the 1850s to the 1970s, and with contribution from the universities to industry through scientific research and the supply of graduate skills. The book argues that the close involvement of the universities and industry has been one of the chief beneficial forces shaping the British universities movement in the last hundred years. It gives an account of the changes which took place within the universities to make them more suitable for industries purposes, describing for example the early rise of the English civic universities, strongly financed by, and closely supporting industry. The book also considers how, during the two world wars, industry became highly reliant on the universities for the war technology, and how, despite the depression between the wars, university research and graduate employment embraced the widening opportunities of the new industries. The book also discusses the expansion of the university in the sixties and points out that industrial motives have merged with those of social justice, posing dilemmas for present and future relations between universities and industry.

Author : Various
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 9066 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429790416

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Routledge Library Editions: Higher Education by Various Pdf

The volumes in this set, originally published between 1964 and 2002, draw together research by leading academics in the area of higher education, and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues. The volume examines the concepts of learning, teaching, student experience and administration in relation to the higher education through the areas of business, sociology, education reforms, government, educational policy, business and religion, whilst also exploring the general principles and practices of higher education in various countries. This set will be of particular interest to students and practitioners of education, politics and sociology.

Author : Sumita Mukherjee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135271138

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Nationalism, Education and Migrant Identities by Sumita Mukherjee Pdf

This book examines the role western-education and social standing played in the development of Indian nationalism in the early twentieth century. It highlights the influences that education abroad had on a significant proportion of the Indian population. A large number of Indian students - including key figures such as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Jawaharlal Nehru - took up prominent positions in government service, industry or political movements after having spent their student years in Britain before the Second World War. Having reaped the benefits of the British educational system, they spearheaded movements in India that sought to gain independence from British rule. The author analyses the long-term impact of this short-term migration on Britain, South Asia and Empire and deals with issues of migrant identities and the ways in which travel shaped ideas about the 'Self' and 'Home'. Through this study of the England-Returned, attention is drawn to contemporary concerns about the politicisation of foreign students and the antecedents of the growing South Asian student population in the USA and Europe today, as well as of Britain's growing South Asian diaspora.

Author : Katherine A. Webb
Publisher : Borthwick Publications
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Executives
ISBN : 1904497284

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Oliver Sheldon and the Foundations of the University of York by Katherine A. Webb Pdf

Author : James C. VanderKam
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780192696038

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R. H. Charles by James C. VanderKam Pdf

R.H. Charles: A Biography first situates Charles's work in the history of biblical scholarship. The remainder of the book is divided into three parts that draw on material stored in several archives and other sources. The first provides an account of his early life and education in Ireland. Part two is devoted to his Oxford years (1890-1913). Within a chronological framework, the chapters regarding the Oxford period focus on his pioneering work with Jewish apocalypses as evident in his many textual editions, translations, and commentaries. For all of his major publications an attempt is made to assess how his work was received at the time and how it continues to affect the field of early Judaism. The third part furnishes a biographical overview of his work as a canon of Westminster (1913-31). At the Abbey, he carried out pastoral duties but also published books that made contributions to publicly debated issues such as divorce, while at the same time continuing his scholarly endeavours. The volume includes bibliographies of Charles's many publications and of works cited.

Author : Christopher Brooke,Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1988-05-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0521301394

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Oxford and Cambridge by Christopher Brooke,Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke Pdf

An illustrated history of Oxford and Cambridge beginning in the 12th century and continuing through to the present day, written in an engaging style and accompanied by 219 magnificent photographs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 019726350X

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Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 130, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows, IV by Anonim Pdf

Eleven obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the British Academy: Isaiah Berlin; Christopher Hill; Rodney Hilton; Keith Hopkins; Peter Laslett; Geoffrey Marshall; John Roskell; Isaac Schapera; Ben Segal; John Cyril Smith and Richard Wollheim.

Author : Ahmed Zakaria Zaki
Publisher : Ahmed Zakaria
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The girl with the donkey's head by Ahmed Zakaria Zaki Pdf

A tale adapted from French literature about courage and not giving in to injustice. When a noble girl defied the unjust will of the king; She refused a seemingly happy life and chose a dignified life away from the palace. However, there is always a happy ending waiting for those who seek it!

Author : Brereton Greenhous,James McWilliams,R. James Steel,Kevin R. Shackleton,George H. Cassar,Bruce Cane
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 1125 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459730304

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The Torch We Throw: The Dundurn WWI Historical Library by Brereton Greenhous,James McWilliams,R. James Steel,Kevin R. Shackleton,George H. Cassar,Bruce Cane Pdf

The giant conflagration of the First World War created the world we live in today, and its history is replete with stirring battles, mind-boggling strategies, and geopolitical manoeuvring. However, the real story was lived in the trenches of Europe and the lonely households of those left behind. The stories of this period are full of tragedy, anger, and loss but also inspirational courage. This special five-book bundle presents some of these stories, from brave Canadian contributions to the battlefields at Ypres and Amiens, to the specific untold story of Canada’s unheralded 58th Division, to an analysis of the myth and legend of air ace Billy Bishop, to the voice of one single soldier, Deward Barnes, told through his diary. These books provide new and enlightening perspectives on the war. Amiens Hell in Flanders Fields It Made you Think of Home The Making of Billy Bishop Second to None

Author : Brereton Greenhous
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554880232

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The Making of Billy Bishop by Brereton Greenhous Pdf

It's a war story that is told every time the career of Billy Bishop is discussed: On June 2, 1917, the young pilot single-handedly took out a German airfield in an early morning raid at the height of the Great War. For this, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, and a place in Canadian history. And yet, the attack never happened. In this explosive new biography, Brereton Greehous exposes the myth of Billy Bishop. While his bravery never comes into question (Bishop was as courageous as any of the men who risked their lives in those early warplanes) his credibility as a storyteller does. From exaggerations and half-truths to flat-out lies, stories of Bishop's legendary exploits contain as much fiction as they do fact. Greenhous reveals many startling truths: he presents evidence that some of the medals Bishop wore late in his career were unearned, uncovers a number of examples of Bishop embellishing or inventing combat stories, and, most significantly, shows that the only account of the ace's raid on the German airfield came from Bishop himself. Even official German records of casualties fail to corroborate the Canadian's claims. The Making of Billy Bishop is a book certain to stir up controversy. Twenty years ago, a documentary film questioning Bishop's credentials as a hero was considered so blasphemous that a senate investigation was launched in an attempt to restore the pilot's name. Now, Greenhous's research vindicates the claims of the filmmakers, and re-ignites an argument once thought settled.

Author : Ramachandra Guha
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0226310477

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Savaging the Civilized by Ramachandra Guha Pdf

"Described by his contemporaries as a cross between Albert Schweitzer and Paul Gauguin, Elwin was a man of contradictions, at times taking on the role of evangelist, social worker, political activist, poet, government worker, and more. Intensely political, the Oxford-trained scholar tirelessly defended the rights of the indigenous and despite the deep religious influences of St.

Author : Desmond Graham
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780571287369

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Keith Douglas, 1920-1944 by Desmond Graham Pdf

Keith Douglas was almost certainly the greatest poet of the Second World War. He was killed in Normandy three days after D-Day. He was only twenty-four. His short life was one of contradictions: the gifted artist and romantic, always in love with the wrong girl also enjoyed soldiering and was quick to volunteer at the beginning of the war. The brave and resourceful tank commander with the Sherwood Rangers in the Western Desert, in the campaign of which his Alemein to Zem Zem is the classic account, was also an outspoken critic of the military establishment and often in trouble with his superiors. There was always another side to Keith Douglas: difficult, even arrogant, he was at the same time, as Desmond Graham, observes in his original preface, 'generous, sensitive to the difficulties of others, remorselessly honest, energetic, and passionately, innocently open.' Douglas made in his brief life some friends who never forgot him, and whose memories of him have contributed much to this book. For this biography, Desmond Graham had access to much private and unpublished material. From that, interviews, Keith Douglas' own poems, letters and drawings emerges a definitive biography. 'An almost unqualified success . . . Mr Graham has used his material with great skill and tact.' Roy Fuller 'It is difficult to imagine a better biography than this being written about Keith Douglas . . . Desmond Graham provides us with an astonishing amount of information.' Stephen Spender 'Extremely well-done . . It is written with authority and it will be standard.' Peter Levi 'Sumptuously evocative' John Carey

Author : R.F. Brissenden
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1968-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442650817

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Studies in the Eighteenth Century by R.F. Brissenden Pdf

The papers brought together in this volume bear witness to the growing vigour and diversity of eighteenth-century studies. The seminar at which they were presented was held to honour the memory of a literary scholar, David Nichol Smith. It is therefore understandable and fitting that the majority of the contributions should be concerned primarily with literature. History, art, and philosophy, however, are also dealt with; and the collection as a whole offers a widely ranging and illuminating survey of the period.

Author : Geoffrey Haward Martin,John Roger Loxdale Highfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015040031471

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A History of Merton College, Oxford by Geoffrey Haward Martin,John Roger Loxdale Highfield Pdf

Established in 1264, Merton College was the first self-governing college in Oxford and the model for all the historic colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. This history also covers the development of the college library and the impact of John Wyclif.