Papers of Robert Young Potts, 1947 - , science graduate, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Reference:GB 248 UGC 173
- Dates of Creation:1963-1968
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- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:0.14 metres
Scope and Content
- Mathematics lecture notebooks, 1963-1968.
Administrative / Biographical History
Robert Young Potts was born in 1947 in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was brought up in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland and was educated at Glencairn, St John's Grammar and Hamilton Academy. His father George worked as a chief contracts and purchasing officer for the Scottish Electricity Board. Robert matriculated at the University of Glasgow in 1964 aged 17. Robert took Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry in his first year; Pure Science in his second year; and Chemistry, Chemical Physics, and Mathematics in his third year. He was one of two students who took a combined honours degree in Chemistry and Natural Physics in his final year, a course which had only first been offered the previous year. He graduated in 1968 with a BSc (hons) degree, aged 20. University records state that he went on to become an Industrial Manager.
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Acquisition Information
Gift : Robert Young Potts : May 2007 : ACCN 3063
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Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents
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Custodial History
Material held with Mr Potts until deposit at Glasgow University Archive Services
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Additional Information
Description compiled in line with the following international standards: International Council on Archives,ISAD(G) Second Edition, September 1999 and National Council on Archives,Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names
Scotland is the location of all place names in the administrative/biographical history element, unless otherwise stated.
Fonds level description compiled by Andrew Dwyer, Work Experience Pupil, 6 June 2007. Converted to Encoded Archival Desription by Jennifer Reade, Archive Assistant, 24 July 2007. Edited by Gemma Tougher, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguing), 14 January 2013.
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