ROYAL INSTITUTION CENTRE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
RICHST Research Seminar
Marking the bicentenary of the Royal Institution
September to November 1999
As part of the celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the founding of the
Royal Institution, all the RICHST Research seminars during the year will
deal with topics relating to the history of the Royal Institution and those
who worked in it.
Tuesday 28 September
Dr Katherine D. Watson (Wolfson College, Oxford)
'Temporary Hotel Accommodation'? The Early History of the
Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory, 1894-1923
Tuesday 26 October
Dr Jeff Hughes (Manchester University)
Craftsmanship and Social Service: W.H. Bragg and the Royal
Institution
Tuesday 30 November
Professor John Heilbron (Oxford University)
Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry awarded during the
Great War
Seminars are held in the Council Room at 6.00 (tea from 5.30)
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Dr Frank A.J.L. James,
Reader in History of Science,
Royal Institution Centre for the History of Science and Technology,
Royal Institution of Great Britain,
21 Albemarle Street,
London,
W1X 4BS,
England.
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
direct line: 0171 670 2924
switchboard: 0171 409 2992
fax: 0171 629 3569
mobile: 07957 172 123
web page: http://www.ri.ac.uk/DFRL/F.James/
Registered Charity Number 227938
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