Skip to main content

Purcell, Victor, 1896 - 1965 (historian and sinologist)

 Person

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

  • 1
  • 2
 File

Note from Victor Purcell of Cambridge about Carter and the 'chemical and microscopic analysis of the Chinese paper of the second century A.D.', 1949-12-12

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/178/3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Joseph Needham noted on his file title that this material was 'gone through by Chhien Tshun-Hsün [錢存訓 / Qian Cunxun], Oct 82 and checked.

Dates: 1949-12-12
 File

Note on 'Chinese methods of refining sugar' prepared by Victor Purcell, 1949-12-12

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/334/6/5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These documents correspond to section G of the list catalogued as SCC2/330/1. The 'Agricultural Arts'. This file covers sugar technology, tea and brewing and fermentation. Other files on the 'Agricultural Arts' have been retained in the file catalogued as SCC2/335.

Dates: 1949-12-12
 File

Notes by Victor Purcell on 'The Jesuits and the Chinese Calendar', 1955-06-04

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/73/2/2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

Dates: 1955-06-04
 File

Notes from Victor Purcell, providing suggestions for a Joseph Needham article for the journal, 'Comprendre', and related documents, 1954-02-06

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/371/4
Scope and Contents

This appears to refer to the article 'Nine Wittenberg These on Asia and the West, 1953'. (See SCC2/371/5.
The related documents comprise an attached letter from M. Jansen of Cambridge, commenting on Needham's article [?]; 'S Adler's comments' on the paper; brief notes by Needham.

Dates: 1954-02-06
 File

Part of a letter from Victor Purcell of Cambridge, about Chinese methods of cotton growing, 1949-12-12

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/170/6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

Dates: 1949-12-12
 File

Postcard from V. P. [Victor Purcell] of Cambridge, providing a quotation from A. N. Whitehead, 'Science and the Modern World', (Cambridge, 1926) about the reasons for the lack of scientific development in China, 1956-12-24

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/343/24
Scope and Contents From the Series:

See Joseph Needham's original file title (SCC2/243/50) for more information on the scope of the survey and its place in 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

Dates: 1956-12-24
 File

Postcard from Victor Purcell of Cambridge, providing a bibliographical reference, 1964-06-18

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/178/11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Joseph Needham noted on his file title that this material was 'gone through by Chhien Tshun-Hsün [錢存訓 / Qian Cunxun], Oct 82 and checked.

Dates: 1964-06-18
 File

Postcard from Victor Purcell of Cambridge, providing Joseph Needham with a relevant bibliographical reference, 1959-12-19

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/73/1/15
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

Dates: 1959-12-19
 File

Postcard from Victor Purcell of Cambridge with a reference to Chinese spectacles, 1954-02-11

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/90/5/1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

Dates: 1954-02-11
  • 1
  • 2