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Department of History and Philosophy of Science
 

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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.

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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