Pollen, Arthur Joseph Hungerford, 1866 - 1937 (inventor)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1866 - 1937
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
File
"AHP: For Lucy", 1888-08-25 - 1991-09-26
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 9/4/6/12
Scope and Contents
Bundle of papers and a selection of annotated original documents on AHP collected by Anthony Pollen for his niece Lucy Jebb, possibly connected with her research for the potential biography of AHP. The file contains valuable biographical material on AHP and is comprised of: a Pollen family tree; signed menu card for Maud Pollen's engagement dinner at the Savoy Hotel, 2 April 1898; signed menu card for a 'Dinner to Sir Alfred Milner, K.C.B., Governor of the Cape Colony' [later part of South...
Dates:
1888-08-25 - 1991-09-26
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Papers relating to the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors of 30 October 1925, 1925-26, 1925 - 1926
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DRYR 2/2
Scope and Contents
The Royal Commission considered claims for ex gratia awards in respect of the user by the Crown of inventions made many years previously and, in this case, ordered that £30,000 be paid to Arthur Pollen for his contributions to the "Dreyer fire control system"
Dates:
1925 - 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Fonds
The Papers of Arthur Hungerford Pollen
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN
Scope and Contents
The papers are comprised of articles and press cuttings about naval gunnery and tactics; correspondence with Royal Navy personnel, 1901-1929; private and professional correspondence, 1883-1937; personal papers belonging to Arthur Hungerford Pollen's wife and parents; and literary papers and materials collected by Anthony Pollen in the course of research for his father's biography.
Including copies of minutes of the proceedings of the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors,...
Dates:
1797 - 2013
Conditions Governing Access:
With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre