Directory by name

Links on this page lead mainly to relevant college/departmental websites or archive catalogue records on Janus (the University of Cambridge's archives catalogue). NB: this list is by no means exhaustive as an indication of Cambridge HPS-related holdings, and should be used simply as a starting point for further investigation. For information on * items please contact the Manuscripts Department, University Library.

A

• Mark Abrams, 1906–1994 (Social Sciences) Churchill
• John Couch Adams, 1819–1892 (Astronomy) St John's books / archives, University Library, Institute of Astronomy
• John Adams, 1930–1989 (Mathematics) Trinity
• John Addenbrooke, 1680–1719 (Medicine) St Catharine's, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust Archives
• Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1889–1977 (Neurophysiology) Trinity
• Alan Agar, 1920– (Physics) Churchill
• Stuart Olof Agrell, 1913-1996 (Earth Sciences) Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
• George Airy, 1801–1892 (Astronomy) University Library
• Austen Albu, 1903–1994 (Engineering) Churchill
• Department of Anatomy Archives University Library
• Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology historical collections Arch & Anth
• Michael Ashburner, 1942– (Biology) Churchill
• *Francis William Aston, 1877–1945 (Physics, Chemistry) University Library
• Astronomical Images (project: "Diagrams, Figures, and the Transformation of Astronomy, 1450-1650). Cambridge University Digital Library

B

• Charles Babbage, 1791–1871 (Computing) University Library
• Charles Cardale Babington, 1808–1895 (Botany) University Library
• Kenneth Bailey, 1909–1963 (Biochemistry) University Library
• Francis Maitland Balfour, 1851–1882 (Animal Morphology) Zoology
• Harold Barlow, 1899–1989 (Physics, Electrical Engineering) Churchill
• Frederic Charles Bartlett, 1886–1969 (Experimental Psychology) Univerity Library
• John Desmond Bernal, 1901–1971 (Science) University Library
• George Binney, 1900–1972 (Exploration) Churchill
• Department of Biochemistry Archives University Library
• Faculty of Biology 'B' Archives University Library
• M. Black (Earth Sciences, dates unknown) Earth Sciences
• Frederick Frost Blackman, 1866–1947 (Plant Physiology) Plant Sciences
• Miles Bland, 1786–1868 (Mathematics) St John's books / archives
• Hermann Bondi, 1919–2005 (Mathematics, Astronomy) Churchill
• Botanic Garden Archive University Library
• Botany Club Plant Sciences
• Edward George Bowen, 1911–1991 (Radiophysics) Churchill
• Richard Bevan Braithwaite, 1900–90 (Philosophy) King's
• Harold Hulme Brindley, 1865–1944 (Zoology) St John's
• Charlie Dunbar Broad, 1887–1971 (Philosophy, Psychial Research) Trinity
• Gerd Buchdahl, 1914–2001 (Philosophy) Whipple Library
• Kenneth George Budden, 1915–2005 (Physics) Churchill
• Edward Crisp Bullard, 1907–1980 (Geophysicist) Earth Sciences, Churchill
• Oliver Meredith Boone Bulman, 1902–1974 (Geology) Earth Sciences
• William Burcham, 1913– (Nuclear Physics) Churchill

C

• Cambridge Antiquarian Society Arch & Anth
• Cambridge Ecology Club Plant Sciences
• Cambridge Mycology and Plant Pathology Club Plant Sciences
• Cambridge University Cognitive Science Society University Library
• Cambridge University Natural History Society – Botany Section Plant Sciences
• Cambridge University Wireless Society University Library
• Cavendish Laboratory Archives University Library
• James Chadwick, 1891–1974 (Physics) Churchill
• Department of Chemical Engineering Archives University Library
• Department of Chemistry Archives University Library
• Albert Charles Chibnall, 1894–1988 (Biochemistry) University Library
• John Harold Clapham, 1873–1946 (Economics) King's
• Grahame Clark, 1907–1995 (Prehistory) Arch & Anth
• Edward Daniel Clarke, 1769–1822 (Minerology) Jesus
• Robert Cockburn, 1909–1994 (Physics) Churchill
• John Cockcroft, 1872–1985 (Nuclear physics) Churchill
• John Collins, c.1567–1634 (Medicine) St John's
• (Vernon) Ellis Cosslett, 1908–1990 (Eletron microscopy) Churchill

D

• Charles Darwin, 1809–1882 (Life sciences) University Library Manuscripts, University Library Rare Books, Christ's, Darwin Correspondence Project
• Francis Darwin, 1848–1925 (Botany) Books signed by him or contain his book plate are held by Plant Sciences
• Harold Davenport, 1901–1969 (Mathematics) Trinity
• Paul Dirac, 1902–1984 (Physics) Churchill
• Malcolm Dixon, 1899–1985 (Biochemistry) University Library
• Wynfrid Duckworth, 1870–1956 (Anthropology) Arch & Anth

E

• Arthur Eddington, 1882–1944 (Astrophysics, Mathematics) Trinity
• John McTaggart Ellis, 1866–1925 (Philosophy) Trinity
• Department of Engineering Archives University Library
• *Ulrick Richardson Evans, 1889–1980 (Metallurgy) University Library

F

• Osmond Fisher, 1817–1914 (Geology) Earth Sciences
• John Flamsteed, 1646–1719 (Astronomy) University Library
• Andrew Forsyth, 1858–1942 (Mathematics) Trinity
• Michael Foster, 1836–1907 (Physiology) Whipple Library
• Rosalind Franklin, 1920–1958 (Crystallography) Churchill
• Sir James Frazer, 1854–1941 (Anthropology) Arch & Anth
• Otto Robert Frisch, 1904–1979 (Nuclear Physics) Trinity

G

• Department of Geology and the Woodwardian and Sedgwick Museums Archives University Library
• Charles Frederick Goodeve , 1904–1980 (Chemistry) Churchill
• Geoffrey J. Gollin, 1901–1992 (Physics, Engineering) Churchill
• Harry Godwin, 1901–1985 (Botany, Ecology) Earth Sciences
• James Gray, 1891–1975 (Zoology) University Library

H

• Thomas Graeme Nelson Haldane, 1897–1981 (Science) Churchill
• Edmond Halley, 1656–1742 (Astronomy) University Library
• Godfrey Hardy, 1877–1947 (Mathematics) Trinity
• Alfred Harker, 1859–1939 (Geology) Earth Sciences
• Harold Hartley, 1878–1972 (Physical Chemistry) Churchill
• Douglas Rayner Hartree, 1897–1958 (Mathematical Physics) Christ's
• William Hawthorne, 1913– (Applied Theodynamics) Churchill
• John Stevens Henslow, 1796–1861 (Botany) Christ's
• Robert Herman, 1861–1927 (Mathematics) Trinity
• John Herschel, 1792–1871 (Astronomy) St John's
• A.V. Hill, 1886–1977 (Physiology) Churchill
• Robert Hill, 1899–1991 (Biochemistry) University Library
• Robert Hooke, 1635–1703 (Science) Trinity
• Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1817–1911 (Botany) Scott Polar Research Institute
• Frederick Gowland Hopkins, 1861–1947 (Biochemistry) University Library
• James Hornell, 1865–1949 (Anthropology) Arch & Anth
• Fred Hoyle, 1915–2001 (Astronomy) St John's
• Thomas McKenny Hughes, 1832–1917 (Geology) Earth Sciences
• Norman Francis Hughes, 1918– (Earth Sciences) Earth Sciences
• *William John Hughes, Baron Butterfield of Stechford, 1920–2000 (Medicine) University Library

J

• Bertha Jeffreys, 1903–1999 (Mathematics) St John's
• Harold Jeffreys, 1891–1989 (Geophysics) St John's, Earth Sciences
• William Jones, 1675–1749 (Mathematics) University Library
• Philip Jourdain, 1879–1919 (Mathematics) Trinity

K

• Richard Ferdinand Kahn, 1905–1989 (Economics) King's
• Nicholas Kaldor, 1908–1986 (Economics) King's
• Immanuel Kant, 1724–1804 (Philosophy) Whipple Library
• David Keilin, 1887–1963 (Biochemistry) University Library
• Baron Kelvin of Largs (Sir William Thomson), 1824–1907 (Physics) University Library
• *Albert Ernst Kempton, 1911–2000 (Physics) University Library
• Sir Geoffrey Keynes, 1887–1982 (Medicine) University Library
• John Maynard Keynes, 1883–1946 (Economics) King's
• Richard Keynes, 1919–2010 (Physiology, editor of the works of Darwin) Churchill

L

• Joseph Larmor, 1857–1942 (Physics) St John's
• John David Lawson, 1923–2008 (Nuclear Physics) Churchill
• Ralph Alexander Leigh, 1915–1987 (Philosophy) University Library
• Wilfrid Bennett Lewis, 1908–1987 (Physics) University Library
• Edward Hubert Linfoot, 1905–1982 (Astronomy, Mathematics, Optics) Trinity, University Library
• John Littlewood, 1885–1977 (Mathematics) Trinity

M

• Macclesfield Collection University Library
• William Archibald Macfadyen, 1893–1985 (Geology, Geoconservation) Earth Sciences
• Frederick George Mann, 1898–1982 (Organic Chemistry) Trinity
• Thaddeus Robert Rudolph Mann, 1908–1993 (Biochemistry) University Library
• Marshall Ward Society Plant Sciences
• Nevil Maskelyne, 1732–1811 (Astronomy) St John's, University Library
• Mathematical Laboratory and the Computer Laboratory Archives University Library
• James Clerk Maxwell, 1831–1879 (Physics) University Library
• Charles McBurney, 1914–1979 (Prehistory) Arch & Anth
• William Theodore Menke, 1931– (Medicine) King's
• Lise Meitner, 1878–1968 (Nuclear Physics) Churchill
• Hugh Owen Meredith, 1878–1964 (Economics) King's
• Cesar Milstein, 1927–2002 (Moleclar Biology) Churchill
• Department of Mineralogy and Petrology Archives University Library
• Joseph Stanley Mitchell, 1909–87 (Radiotherapy) University Library
• Peter Dennis Mitchell, 1920–1992 (Biochemistry) Univerity Library
• Molteno Institute of Biology and Parasitology Archives University Library
• Peter Alexander George Monro, 1919–2005 (Anatomy) St John's
• Michel de Montaigne, 1533–1592 (Philosophy) University Library
• George Edward Moore, 1873–1958 (Philosophy) University Library
• Louis Joel Mordell, 1888–1972 (Mathematics) St John's
• William Blair Morton, 1868–1949 (Physics) St John's
• Nevill Francis Mott, 1905–1996 (Physics) Univerity Library

N

• Dorothy Needham, 1896–1987 (Biochemistry) Girton
• Joseph Needham, 1900–1995 (Biochemistry, Sinology) Needham Research Institute, University Library
• Eric Neville, 1889–1961 (Mathematics) Trinity
• Maxwell Herman Alexander Newman, 1997–1984 (Mathematics) St John's
• Isaac Newton, 1642–1727 (Science & Natural Philosophy) University Library / Portsmouth Collection / Macclesfield Collection, Trinity
• Alfred Newton, 1829–1907 (Zoology, Comparative Anatomy) Zoology, papers held by the University Library
• Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, 1887–1978 (Chemistry) University Library
• Nuffield Unit Tropical Animal Ecology Archives University Library

O

• G.E.L. Owen, 1922–1982 (Ancient Greek Philosophy) Classics Faculty

P

• Carl Pantin, 1899–1967 (Zoology) Trinity
• Stephen Parkinson, 1823–1889 (Mathematics) St John's
• Charles Algernon Parson, 1854–1931 (Engineering, Science) St John's
• George Peacock, 1791–1858 (Mathematics) Trinity
• Richard Pendlebury, 1847–1902 (Mathematics) St John's
• Robert Perison, 1821–1891 (Astronomy) St John's
• Max Ferdinand Perutz, 1914–2002 (Molecular Biology) Churchill
• Department of Physiology Archives University Library
• Arthur Cecil Pigou, 1877–1959 (Economics) King's
• Augustus Pitt-Rivers, 1827–1900 (Archaeology) Arch & Anth
• Frank Podmore, 1856–1910 (Psychial Research) Trinity
• Reginald Punnett, 1875–1967 (Genetics) Genetics Library
• Portsmouth Collection University Library

R

• Gabriele Rabel, 1880–1963 (Physics, Biology) Churchill
• Srinivasa Ramanujan, 1887–1920 (Mathematics) Trinity
• Frank Plumpton Ramsey, 1903–30 (Philosophy) King's
• John Randall, 1905–1984 (Biophysics) Churchill
• Jack Ratcliffe, 1902–1987 (Physics) Churchill
• John E. Raven, 1914–80 (Botany) King's
• Ray Club University Library
• William Renwick, 1924–1971 (Computing) University Library
• Lewis Fry Richardson, 1881–1953 (Physics, Meteorology) University Library
• Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond, 1871–1946 (Navigation) Downing
• William Rivers, 1864–1922 (Anthropology) Arch & Anth
• Joan Violet Robinson, 1903–83 (Economics) King's
• Joseph Rotblat, 1908–2005 (Physics) Churchill
• Francis John Worsley Roughton, 1899–1972 (Physiology) University Library
• Royal Commonwealth Society Archive University Library
• Royal Greenwich Observatory Manuscripts from the observatory are held by the University Library, and the Institute of Astronomy Library incorporates their books
• Ernst, Lord Rutherford, 1871–1937 (Physics, Chemistry) University Library
• Martin Ryle, 1918–1984 (Radio Astronomy) Churchill

S

• George Salt, 1903–2003 (Animal Ecology) King's
• Ethel Sargant, 1863–1918 (Botany) Plant Sciences Library, Girton
• Peter Markham Scott, 1909–1989 (Nature Conservation) University Library
• Adam Sedgwick, 1785–1873 (Geology) University Library, Earth Sciences
• Edward Samuel Shire, 1908–1978 (Physics) Churchill
• Lewis Erle Shore, 1863–1944 (Physiology, Nerology) St John's
• Henry Sidgwick, 1838–1900 (Philosophy, Psychial Research) Trinity
• Charles Lesingham Smith, 1806–1878 (Mathematics) Christ's
• Frank Smithies, 1912–2002 (Mathematics) St John's
• Charles Percy Snow, 1905–1980 (Society and Science) Christ's
• Society for Psychical Research Archive University Library
• Mary Somerville, 1780–1872 (Science, Advocate of education and votes for women) Girton
• Walter John Herbert Sprott, 1897–1971 (Psychology) King's
• George Alexander Steven, 1900–1958 (Marine Biology) Churchill
• George Gabriel Stokes, 1819–1903 (Mathematical Physics) University Library
• Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone, 1913–1991 (Economics) King's
• Gordon Brims Black McIvor Sutherland, 1907–1980 (Infrared Spectroscopy, Science and society) University Library
• Herbert Walker Swift, 1894–1960 (Engineering) St John's
• James Joseph Sylvester, 1814–1897 (Mathematics) St John's
• Richard Lawrence Millington Synge, 1914–1994 (Biochemistry) Trinity

T

• Sir Arthur George Tansley, 1871–1955 (Ecology) Plant Sciences Library, University Library
• Brook Taylor, 1685–1713 (Mathematics) St John's
• Charles Taylor, 1840–1908 (Theology, Mathematics) St John's
• Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, 1886–1975 (Aerodynamics) Trinity
• George Paget Thomson, 1892–1975 (Nuclear Physics) Churchill, Trinity
• Joseph John Thomson, 1856–1940 (Physics) University Library, Trinity
• Isaac Todhunter, 1820–1884 (Mathematics) St John's books / archives
• Alan Mathison Turing, 1912–54 (Mathematics) King's, Turing Digital Archive
• Dawson Turner, 1775–1858 (Botany) Trinity

V

• John Venn, 1834–1923 (Philosophical Logic) University Library

W

• Alexander Stuart Watt, 1892–1985 (Ecology) Plant Sciences, University Library
• Robert Rumsey Webb, 1850–1936 (Mathematics) St John's
• Torkel Weis-Fogh, 1922–1975 (Zoology) University Library
• Karl Weissenberg, 1893–1976 (Physics) Churchill
• Richard Gilbert West, 1926– (Botany, Geology, Palaeontology) Earth Sciences
• William Whewell, 1794–1866 (Polymath) Trinity
• *Francis John Welch Whipple, 1876–1943 (Meteorology, Mathematics) University Library
• Francis Puryer White, 1893–1969 (Mathematics) St John's, University Library
• C.T.R. Wilson, 1869–1959 (Physics) Churchill
• *Neil Ernst Wiseman, 1934–1995 (Computing) University Library
• Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889–1951 (Philosophy) Trinity, Cambridge Wittgenstein Archive
• Reverend John George Wood, 1827–1889 (Natural History) Whipple Library
• James Wood, 1760–1839 (Mathematics, Theology) St John's books /archives

Y

• Frank George Young, 1908–1988 (Biochemistry) University Library

Z

• Michael (Mischa) Zvegintzov, 1904–1978 (Research Chemistry) Churchill