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- TitleCopy of Letter from Mr John Hopkinson to Alderman Joseph Thompson
- ReferenceUK0108 SC MSS 011/6/04
- Date1898-10-31
- Scope and ContentWritten from Inglewood, Bowdon. Noting that Evelyn Hopkinson and her son and daughter have provided an extension of the Engineering Department at University of Cambridge. The rest of the family wish to erect a memorial to John in his native city and connected with Owen's College which gave him his first academic training. Offering £1,500 for completion of new wing of the Physics Laboratory to be named after him and devoted to 'Electro-technical teaching and research'.
- Physical descriptionNumber of pieces: 1, Pages/folios: 3
- LanguageEnglish.
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