Free book alert! Grab the latest edition of our Art Collection We have some great news to share. The 3rd edition of the University of the Edinburgh Art Collection is hot of the printing press! Once a year since 2015, we’ve …Continue reading →

Gathering Intelligence: A free seminar regarding Thomson’s life and work TAGS: Archives | archives seminar | CCACE | Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology | Centre for Research Collections | differential psychology | education | epidemiology | history of education | Professor Godfrey Thomson | Professor Ian Deary | Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson | psychology | Scottish mental surveys | seminar | Statistics Our Wellcome Trust funded project*, ‘Documenting the Understanding of Human Intelligence: cataloguing and preserving the papers of Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson’, is on course to deliver on all its objectives …Continue reading →

The disgruntlements of old age… TAGS: CRC | D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson | differential birth rate | Edinburgh University Special Collections | Eugenics | Intelligence | natural history | Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson | University of Edinburgh | University of St Andrews Disgruntlement.  The archives are full of it – though I should stress I am referring to the contents of our records rather than our lovely readers (or indeed my lovely  …Continue reading →