Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
University of Strathclyde | Department of Physics
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College | Department of Natural Philosophy (c 1899-1912)
- Royal Technical College, Glasgow | Department of Natural Philosophy (1912-1956)
- Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow | Department of Natural Philosophy (1956-1964)
- University of Strathclyde | Department of Natural Philosophy (1964-1983)
- University of Strathclyde | Department of Physics and Applied Physics (1986-2002)
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Description area
Dates of existence
c 1899 to date
History
The Department of Physics originated in 1796 with the appointment at Anderson’s Institution (an antecedent of the University of Strathclyde) of the first Professor of Natural Philosophy. It was not until later, however, that a department formally came into existence. From at least 1899, there are references to the Department of Natural Philosophy. In 1968 the department split into the Department of Natural Philosophy (in 1983 renamed the Department of Physics) and the Department of Applied Physics. The two were reunited as the Department of Physics and Applied Physics in 1986. In 2002 the department was renamed the Department of Physics.
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General context
Relationships area
Related entity
University of Strathclyde (1964 to date)
Identifier of the related entity
C0047
Category of the relationship
hierarchical
Dates of the relationship
1964 to date
Description of relationship
Related entity
Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow (1887-1964)
Identifier of the related entity
C0065
Category of the relationship
hierarchical
Dates of the relationship
Description of relationship
The Department of Physics originated as the Department of Natural Philosophy at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College (which later became the Royal College of Science and Technology).
Related entity
University of Strathclyde | Department of Applied Physics (1968 - 1986)
Identifier of the related entity
C0321
Category of the relationship
associative
Dates of the relationship
1986
Description of relationship
In 1986 the Department of Applied Physics merged with the Department of Physics.
Control area
Authority record identifier
C0004
Institution identifier
GB 249
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).
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Created by Victoria Peters, December 2009.