Poem in memory of Thomas Thompson

• Reference:GB 254 MS 174
• Former Reference:GB 254 MS 15/102
• Dates of Creation:c 1938
• Name of Creator:
  Thomas Rose Mills
• Physical Description:
  0.01 linear metres

• Scope and Content

  Thomas Thompson: poem in memory of Thomas Thompson by Thomas Rose Mills, reader in Latin Language and Literature, University College, Dundee. 1901-1929. [Presented by Dr G.R. Tudhope, Dundee].

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Thomas Rose Mills was educated at Berwick Grammar School and was admitted to Edinburgh University in 1885. A gifted classicist, he graduated with first class honours in 1889 winning two of the chief classical scholarships. He continued his studies at Wadham College, Oxford from where he graduated B.A. in 1893 and later received an M.A. He worked at Aberdeen University then became an assistant lecturer at Owens College, Victoria University, Manchester. In 1900 he became an assistant at St Andrews and the following year was appointed lecturer in Classics at University College, Dundee. He was promoted to reader in 1927 a post that he held until 1929.

• Arrangement

  1 item

• Access Information

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• Acquisition Information

  Presented to the University College Dundee by Dr G.R. Tudhope of the Medical School, Dundee in 1948. Transferred to the archives in 1976.

• Note

  Thomas Rose Mills was educated at Berwick Grammar School and was admitted to Edinburgh University in 1885. A gifted classicist, he graduated with first class honours in 1889 winning two of the chief classical scholarships. He continued his studies at Wadham College, Oxford from where he graduated B.A. in 1893 and later received an M.A. He worked at Aberdeen University then became an assistant lecturer at Owens College, Victoria University, Manchester. In 1900 he became an assistant at St Andrews and the following year was appointed lecturer in Classics at University College, Dundee. He was promoted to reader in 1927 a post that he held until 1929.

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• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  The records are on paper

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Mareike Platt

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• Accruals

  Not expected

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 174