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PEARSON - Karl Pearson Papers
11 - General Correspondence
1 - Letters mainly addressed to Karl Pearson
20 - Correspondence: Udny to Usher
StorageSite
UCL Special Collections
Level
Item
Reference Number
PEARSON/11/1/20/11
Title
University College London, Provost, George Carey Foster
Date
1885-1914
Description
Manuscript. Foster was Principal of UCL from 1900 to 1906. Contains thanks for proofs of Savant's vibration work; on Karl's candidature for a post at Oxford University; on the 1851 Scholarship; scheme for disposal of the Drapers' Company donation in 1903; allotment of the Drapers' Fund to the Department of Applied Mathematics; attempts to allay K Pearson's concerns about work managing the donation; response to Pearson's criticism of handling of the donation by the Council; new proposal for use of the Drapers' donation; on death and funeral of W F R Weldon; and on Pearson's paper on German culture.
Extent
16 letters
AccessStatus
Open
AccessConditions
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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