Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Thomson, Adam Simpson Turnbull, 1908-2000, engineer
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Description area
Dates of existence
1908-2000
History
Adam Thomson obtained an associateship in chemical engineering at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow in 1930. In 1935 he was appointed lecturer in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the College. This was followed by appointments as senior lecturer in 1945 and professor in 1947. In 1968 he was appointed deputy principal of the University of Strathclyde. He retired in 1973.
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Relationships area
Related entity
University of Strathclyde (1964 to date)
Identifier of the related entity
C0047
Category of the relationship
associative
Dates of the relationship
1964 - 1973
Description of relationship
Thomson was a professor at the University.
Related entity
Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow (1887-1964)
Identifier of the related entity
C0065
Category of the relationship
associative
Dates of the relationship
1935 - 1964
Description of relationship
Thomson was an academic at the College.
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Control area
Authority record identifier
P0088
Institution identifier
GB 249
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created by Victoria Peters, September 2011.
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Sources
Article and photograph in the Glasgow Herald, 16 October 1973, on the occasion of Professor Thomson's retirement.