Identity area
Reference code
Miscellaneous/Box 8/GI1
Unique identifier
GB 275 Miscellaneous/Box 8/GI1
Title
School reports from BWG's time at Nottingham High School
Date(s)
- 1904–1910 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
18 items + envelope paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1891-1957)
Biographical history
Gilbert was educated at Nottingham High School and St John's College Cambridge, where he graduated with a First Class in Mathematics in 1913. During the First World War he served in the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery. After the War, Gilbert pursued a successful career in the Treasury, rising to the post of deputy to the permanent secretary (1953-6). He was knighted in 1943.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Given by Mrs Margaret Gilbert (BWG's daughter), Nov. 2007.