Janus: Papers of Francis Puryer White

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Papers of Francis Puryer White

Title	Papers of Francis Puryer White
Reference	GBR/0275/White
Creator	Francis Puryer White (1893-1969)
Covering Dates	1915–1961 (Circa)
Extent and Medium	6 boxes; paper
Repository	St John's College Library

Content and context

White came up to St John's as a mathematical scholar in 1912, graduating BA in 1915. In 1916 he was elected to the Isaac Newton Studentship in Astronomy and Optical Physics, a post he held for three years before being elected a Fellow of the College. He was appointed a College Lecturer in 1920 and was Director of Studies in Mathematics from 1945 to 1959. He served on the Council of the London Mathematical Society from 1923 to 1947, and was Secretary of the Cambridge Philosophical Society from 1924 to 1936, and its President from 1961 to 1963. He was appointed Librarian at St John's College in 1948, a post he held until his retirement in 1961, and served as Keeper of the College Records 1961-9.

Diaries describing College life at St John's, both as a student and as a Fellow, and his experiences as a conscientious objector and while serving in France in the Friends' Ambulance Unit; bibliographical notes on authors of mathematical and scientific works, 12th-19th century; a list of Johnian authors to 1900.

Diaries given by Ann Phillips of Newnham College, Aug. 1989.

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Bibliology

First World War (1914-1918)

White, Francis Puryer (1893-1969) mathematician

St John's Library/White contains:

Diaries.
4 vols; paper.

1 Jan. 1915–28 Aug. 1921

Bibliographical notes. Manuscript and typescript notes, including cuttings from booksellers' catalogues, providing bibliographical, and occasionally biographical information for authors of mathematical and scientific works, 12th-19th century, arranged alphabetically by author A-Y. Box 2 (A-F), box 3 (G-K), box 4 (L-P), box 5 (R-Y).
4 boxes; paper.

1948–1961

Johnian authors to 1900. Manuscript notes headed 'Johnian authors to 1900. Trial list. August 1942'. The notes are arranged aphabetically by author. White gives titles and imprints for each author's works, and notes where copies are to be found in the British Museum and St John's College Library. Box 6.
1 box; paper.

Aug. 1942