Identity area
Reference code
Photographs/Albums/Album 8
Unique identifier
GB 275 Photographs/Albums/Album 8
Title
Photograph Album 8
Date(s)
- 1940 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
39 photograph
Context area
Name of creator
(1893-1985)
Biographical history
Admitted to St John's College 1912; BA 1915; FRS 1935; Professor of Plant Physiology 1946-8; Professor of Botany 1948-60; President of St John's 1952-63.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
This album was sent to the Library by the Master, E. A. Benians, in October 1940 after the Post Office refused to undertake delivery to Sir Joseph Larmor, to whom the photographs were given by the College. On the 7 August 1942 the College Council agreed that the photographs should remain in the possession of the Library. The photographs were taken by Professor Briggs, who compiled the album.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Album contains photographs of details of St John's College architecture.
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Allied materials area
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Name access points
- St John's College, Cambridge (Subject)