Forster, Leonard Wilson, 1913-1997 (German scholar)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1913 - 1997
Biography
Leonard Wilson Forster (1913-1997), German scholar, was born in London on 30 March 1913. He attended Marlborough College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, before studying in Germany and Switzerland. During the war, he worked on code-breaking at Bletchley Park, 1941-1945, and on special duties in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1945-1946. Forster became Professor of German at University College London in 1950, and Schröder Professor at Cambridge in 1961. He retired in 1979, and died in Cambridge on 18 April 1997.
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Correspondence of Leonard Forster relating to the 'Anglica Germanica' series
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9928
Dates:
1967-1983
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Series
FORSTER, Leonard Wilson, 1997
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0276/SEHR/2/FOR
Scope and Contents
Obituaries
Dates:
1997
File
Leonard Wilson Forster, 1961 - 2000
File
Reference Code: GBR/0276/SEAR/1/3/1/27
Scope and Contents
Fellowship file containing correspondence with and about Leonard Forster while a Fellow at Selwyn College; with his family and colleagues following his death in 1997 and with obituaries and notes on his funeral and memorial services and also a memoir by Professor Skrine.
Dates:
1961 - 2000
Found in:
Selwyn College Archives
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ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS
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MASTER
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Fellowship files
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Fellows' files
Fonds
Leonard Wilson Forster: Correspondence and Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9252
Dates:
1935-1993 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Leonard Wilson Forster: Material for obituary of Robert Auty
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8402
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding Robert Auty; obituaries; supplementary material; and letters to Auty's sister, Phyllis, regarding her brother.
Dates:
1978-1983
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Series
Letter from Margery Allingham to Leonard W. Forster, 19 Mar. 1962
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8856/120
Scope and Contents
She is trying to find some of her stories in German translation
Dates:
19 Mar. 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Letters to Leonard W. Forster, 1953-1992 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8856/416-461
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1953-1992 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Material for the Obituary of Walter Bruford
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8913
Scope and Contents
Biographical material for the memoir of Bruford in Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol.76, '1990 lectures and memoirs', 1991, including a copy of Bruford's memorial lecture on Jethro Bithell, 1979.
Dates:
1979-1991 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Item
Postcard to Leonard Forster from scholars attending a conference on the Baroque held in Wolfenbüttel, with an explanatory note, September 1974
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10304/24
Scope and Contents
A brief greeting to Forster, signed by: Rolf Tarot; Conrad Wiedenmann; Dieter Lohmeier; Mirjam Bohatcová; Wilhelm Kühlmann; Martin Kramer; Dieter Jöns; Adalbert Elschenbroich; Joachim Dyck; Dieter Breuer; Hans E. Braun; Joe Leighton; Herbert Zeman; Ernst-Peter Wieckenberg; Werner Welzig; Wilhelm Vosskamp; Peter Ulema; Harald Steinhagen; Blake Lee Spahr; Volker Sinemus; Wulf Schmidt; Hans-Jürgen Schrader; Ulrich Schindel; Waldtraut-Ingeborg Saur-Geppert; Sibylle Penkert; Jörg Jochen Müller;...
Dates:
September 1974
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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- Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 7
- Type
- Archival Object 5
- Collection 4
- Subject
- German literature 1