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Author: Dr Emma Saunders

Sunspot eruptions, solar spectra and fountains: the papers and glass plate negatives of astronomer, John Evershed (RGO 72)

Posted on 20 September 2021 by Dr Emma Saunders

Among the recently catalogued collections of the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO) Archives are 7 archival boxes containing notebooks and glass plates originally belonging to British […]

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Astronomy, Manuscripts, Special Collections

Notebooks from the Steppe: William Bateson’s research trip to Central Asia, 1886-1887

Posted on 10 May 2019 by Dr Emma Saunders

To mark the digitisation of the William Bateson Archive and Bateson-Punnett Genetics Notebooks on Cambridge Digital Library, we are delighted to present a guest post […]

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Archives, Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Science, Travel

Workshop on the Life and Work of Sir George Biddell Airy

Posted on 30 May 2018 by Dr Emma Saunders

A guest post by Daniel Belteki, University of Kent   On 29 June 2018, Cambridge University Library will host a workshop on the life and […]

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Archives, Astronomy, Engineering, Events, Manuscripts, Science, Special Collections

Sir George Biddell Airy: instrument making and engineering

Posted on 24 August 2017 by Dr Emma Saunders

A guest blog post by Daniel Belteki, University of Kent Sir George Biddell Airy was the Astronomer Royal and the director of the Royal Observatory […]

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Archives, Astronomy, Engineering, Science, Special Collections

‘It’s all in a day’s work’: the Royal Greenwich Observatory Audio-Visual Collection, Stories of Observatory Life

Posted on 21 September 2015 by Dr Emma Saunders

For many people the work of the astronomers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory seems like the stuff of science fiction. Observing distant stars, recording sunspots, […]

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Archives, Manuscripts, New on Janus, Special Collections

‘Swear by the slain of the War that you’ll never forget’: Siegfried Sassoon’s First World War Poems in Context

Posted on 23 July 2014 by Dr Emma Saunders

The First World War was one of the defining conflicts of European history. On 4 August 1914, the date when Britain entered the War, a […]

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Manuscripts, Poetry, Rare Books, Special Collections

‘My dearest Siegfried’: The Egremont Sassoon Papers

Posted on 10 December 2013 by Dr Emma Saunders

Poet and author Siegfried Sassoon was a prolific letter writer and throughout his life maintained a close friendship and correspondence with his mother Georgiana Theresa […]

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Archives, Manuscripts, New on Janus, Photographs, Poetry, Special Collections

Siegfried Sassoon’s Poems for ‘Mamsy’

Posted on 29 August 2012 by Dr Emma Saunders

The University Library is pleased to announce that descriptions of two new series of the Siegfried Sassoon papers are now available on Janus, the Cambridge […]

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Manuscripts, New on Janus

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