Papers of Professor Robert Simpson Silver, 1913-1997, engineer, poet and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Scotland

• Various papers concerning the UK and International Atomic Energy Authority, including those relating to desalination, 1961-1976;
• Various papers regarding the Multi-flash Steering Committee, c1970s;
• Papers relating to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, 1962-1973;
• Memorandum and articles of association of the British Launderers Research Association, 1920;
• Papers and drafts by Robert Silver, 1951-c1970s;
• Boiler plans and charts, 1951-1957;
• Papers relating to John Brown Land Boilers Ltd, 1954-1957;
• Various reports and correspondence relating to the British Ship Research Association, 1960-1967;
• Correspondence and papers relating to the Association of Waterworks Officers, c1970s;
• Correspondence of visits abroad by Robert Silver, c1960s-1970s;
• Tape recordings of various talks, undated;
• Curriculum Vitae of Robert Silver, 1979;
• Papers relating to experiments and lectures made by Robert Silver, 1934-1969;
• Applications for various posts made by Robert Silver, 1952-1966.

Robert Simpson Silver was born in 1913  in Montrose, Scotland, where his family had a laundry business. He went on to study natural philosophy at the University of Glasgow , Scotland, where he received his MA and BSc degrees (1st Class Honors). He then continued his studies by taking a PhD which he completed in 1938 , and a DSc in 1945 . Silver took up a career in industry, but gave it up to teach mechanical engineering, and was installed as the Professor of Mechanical Engineering (James Watt Chair) in 1965 . He was a member of the Institute of Physics and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Silver was then awarded the UNESCO Prize for science in 1968  and retired in 1979. Robert Simpson Silver died in 1997 .

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Audio tapes DC 086/17/1-2 currently undergoing digitisation as part of the NLS project, Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, Aug 2019.

Deposits : Robert Simpson Silver and the Department of Mecanical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Scotland : 1979-2004

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Fonds level description created by Andrew Thomson, Hub Project Archivist, 25 February 2005

Amended by Sam Maddra, Assistant Archivist (cataloguing), 19/10/2015.