Science and Engineering Resources

A guide to institutional records that cover the history of science and engineering at the University of Edinburgh.

Institutional records and personal papers for major figures in biology, including Sir Kenneth Murray, Lady Noreen Murray, and Martin Rivers Pollock.

Institutional records and personal papers relating to major figures in the history of chemistry such as Joseph Black, Alexander Crum Brown, and Thomas Charles Hope.

Institutional records and personal papers of historical engineering interest including the Forth Rail Bridge Archive.

Institutional records and personal papers, relating to major figures in the history of geology, including Robert Jameson, Charles Lyell, and Archibald and James Geikie.

Institutional records and personal papers for prominent figures in the history of mathematics, including Alexander C. Aitken, Colin Campbell, and Colin Maclaurin.

Institutional records and personal papers for astronomers like David Gregory and for physicists including Edward Appleton and Charles Barkla.