| Title |
'Treatise on probability' (1921) |
| Reference |
JMK/TP |
| Covering Dates |
1907–1927 |
| Extent and Medium |
4.5 boxes; paper |
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| Content and context |
This series consists of documents generated during the production of 'Treatise on probability' by J.M. Keynes, including preparatory notes, correspondence and drafts. |
| King's/PP/JMK/TP contains: |
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1
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Correspondence. Creator: Various. 7 folders in envelope; paper. |
1908–1927 |
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2
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Miscellaneous notes. This file contains notes by F.Y. Edgeworth and H.T.J. Norton, undated; related press cuttings and a French summary of the contents of Alfred Angot 'Traité élémentaire de météorologie'. Creator: Edgeworth, F.Y.; Norton, H.T.J. 6 items in envelope; paper. |
1907 |
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3
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Press cuttings and review articles. 77 items in envelope; paper. |
1921–1924 |
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4
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Reports to the fellowship electors. Typescript reports to the electors to fellowships by A.N. Whitehead, W.E. Johnson and A.C. Pigou on J.M. Keynes' 1907 dissertation, with correspondence between W.H. Macaulay and J.M. Keynes on same, 1907-8 ; typescript report by A.N. Whitehead and W.E. Johnson on 1908 submission, 1909. Creator: Whitehead, A.N.; Johnson, W.E.; Pigou, A.C.; Macaulay, W.H. 7 items in envelope; paper. |
1907–1909 |
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A
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1907 version. 5 files in hard covers; paper. |
1907 |
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B
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Fellowship dissertation. 24 files; paper. |
1908 |
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C
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Other drafts, most after 1908. 1 folder and 1 envelope; paper. |
1907–1922 |
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D
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Notes. This file contains autograph manuscript notes from reading on probability, [September 1905-November 1907]; an autograph manuscript entitled 'chapter 4: the measurement of probability', annotated by J.M. Keynes 'cancelled', [? 1908]; notes on a draft of the dissertation [possibly in the hand of H.T.J. Norton], undated, and draft outlines of 'Principles of probability', November 1905-October 1907. 74 folders and 1 volume in envelope; paper. |
Sep. 1905-Nov. 1907 |
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E
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Fragments. 8 files; paper. |
1908- |