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Glover/A/A1/10/1/9
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- 20 Feb. 1934 (Creation)
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Physicist. Admitted pensioner at St John's 1876; B.A. (Senior Wrangler and 1st Smith's Prize) 1880; M.A. 1883; Fellow, 1880-1942; Professor of Natural Philosophy, Queen's College, Galway, 1880-5; University Lecturer in mathematics at Cambridge, 1885-1903; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, 1903-32; F.R.S., 1892 and Secretary of the Royal Society, 1901-12; Knighted, 1909; M.P. for the University, 1911-22; Revised J. Clerk Maxwell's edition of the papers of Henry Cavendish (1921), and edited the collected works of James Thomson (1912), the fourth and fifth volumes (1904-5) of the works of Sir G. G. Stokes, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth volumes (1910-11) of those of Lord Kelvin. Published Aether and Matter (1900) which gained the Adams Prize in the University of Cambridge. In this work he developed an analysis of the dynamical relations of the aether to material systems on the basis of the atomic constitution of matter, and included a discussion of the influence of the earth's motion on optical phenomena. He was also the first to give a formula for the rate of radiation of energy from an accelerated electron, and also to give an explanation of the effect of a magnetic field in splitting the lines of the spectrum into multiple lines
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Thanks Glover for his letter. Expresses his reluctance to return to College accomodation as he enjoys the comforts of a house, and also worries about architectural changes to the College. Refers to the University Library building as 'the new Carreras cigerette factory with tower added. Complains about the 'new bureaucratic' University, remarking that Glover is the only remaining intellectual University Officer. Mentions his old age, retirement, and plans for scholarly works. Refers to the new Master at John's, Liveing, Eddington, and Dirac. Suggests brass tablets in Chapel to Leathem and Bromwich. Wishes to find an institution that will take his library. Apologises for offending Charlesworth. Observes that John Perry's niece who he used to entertain is now a successful entrepreneur. Urges Glover not to go to Canada.