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Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge

Title

Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge

Creator

Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940

Date

1894

Identifier

GFF 2/42

Subject

Schuster, Arthur, 1851-1934.
Education.
Physics

Description

Handwritten letter from Sir Oliver Lodge, 2 Grove Park, Liverpool, to George F. Fitzgerald, dated 19 March 1894. Lodge discusses his student and Victoria University exam questions. 2pp.

Transcription:
"M d Φ
Schuster says he is going to see you soon about Hons Physics question. I send him a no. of suggested questions for you to modify. He will bring them you (ID sheets). Also I send a brief summary of what my candidate is able to do. He is very anxious to get a first class. He has some chance I think. If he doesn't break down with over work and write books. He won't take exercise and lately has written some books. Some months back he was very hopeful.

Enclosed from my brother of [a?] to saying that he was talking pedagogy and you were thinking of real scientific work. Tear it up. Please see that you have my questions before you when setting- as well as those of other colleges so can there be any sort of uniformity or fairness of standard.
Λ"

Source

RDS Library & Archives GFF collection of letters

Contributor

Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901. Correspondent

Rights

Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.

Relation

RDS Science Archive

Format

Manuscript

Language

English

Type

Text

Coverage

1870-1901

Collection

George Francis Fitzgerald Letters

Citation

Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940, “Letter to George F. Fitzgerald from Sir Oliver Lodge,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed July 19, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/1302.

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