A letter to Herbert Read from Nobel Prize-winning physicist J. J. Thomson, who is credited with the first discovery of a subatomic particle: the electron. In this note, Thomson passes along his and his wife's thanks for the copy of "Wordsworth" sent to them by Read.

In Collection:

• Herbert Read Collection

Creator

• Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), 1856-1940

Contributor

• Read, Herbert, 1893-1968

Subject

• Poets, English
• Physicists
• Art historians
• Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), 1856-1940
• Authors
• Anarchists
• Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
• Authors, English
• Poets

Language

• eng

Identifier

• 61/210/1

Date created

• October 28, 1930

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 pages

Geographic Coverage

• England--Cambridge

Coordinates

• 52.2, 0.11667

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in black ink.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Herbert Read Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• correspondence
• letters (correspondence)

Archival item identifier

• File: 11.47

Fonds title

• Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC100

Is referenced by

• Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds

Date digitized

• 2022 to 2023

Technical note

• Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.

Rights

• Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/nwd1-7q04

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