Stucco Decorations at Baia

1977 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 24-51
Author(s):  
Roger Ling
Keyword(s):  
Kind Permission ◽  
Progressive Deterioration ◽  
Full Support ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Roman Italy ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester

In my earlier paper on the ‘Stanze di Venere’ (written in 1973), I referred to the progressive deterioration of the stucco and other decorations in the Roman remains at Baia. The following pages are an attempt to provide a full record of the Baian stucco-work not covered in the first article. The idea of compiling this record originated with Dottssa. Maria Elena Bertoldi and received the full support of Prof. Alfonso De Franciscis; while the actual drawings were begun in 1973 by Miss Shelagh Rixon and completed, with further visits to the site for checking in 1974 and 1975, by Dr. Lesley A. Ling. To all of these and to our sponsors (the University of Manchester and the Faculty of Classics in the University of Cambridge) I am deeply indebted. Since the drawings were completed, the task of studying stucco decoration in Roman Italy has been greatly simplified by the pioneer-work of Dr. Harald Mielsch of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome, who has compiled a major corpus of surviving material and attempted to establish a detailed chronology. It only remains for me to provide a commentary on the drawings, to discuss the architectural contexts, and to enlarge upon or modify Dr. Mielsch's conclusions regarding the Baian stucco-work. The various decorations will be dealt with one by one, and the positions of all but two of them are shown on Fig. 1, which has been adapted, by kind permission of Dottssa. Bertoldi, from one of the plans executed for her volume in the Forma Italiae series.

scholarly journals A day in the life of a Further Education teacher

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 44-45
Keyword(s):  
College Teaching ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Work Placement ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Regional College ◽  
The University ◽  
Stem Teaching ◽  
University Of Manchester ◽  
Education Courses

Ursula Lowe is a Further Education (FE) science lecturer at Cambridge Regional College teaching the popular Access to Higher Education courses and day-release BTEC Diplomas. Ursula completed an MSc in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Salford followed by a PGCE in FE at the University of Manchester. Ursula has completed a STEM Insight work placement at the University of Cambridge and won the prestigious ENTHUSE Award for Excellence in STEM teaching (Further Education) in 2016. She enjoys professional development, writes a Wordpress blog STEM527 and tweets @ursula17LO. Lorenza Giannella (Training Manager, Biochemical Society) speaks to her about her work.

Augite from Nishigatake, Japan

1921 ◽  
Vol 19 (93) ◽  
pp. 173-180
Author(s):  
Ryōichi Ōhashi
Keyword(s):  
Kind Permission ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
The University

The following study was carried out in the Mineralogical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge upon specimens which were brought by myself from Japan. My hearty thanks are offered to Professor W. J. Lewis and Dr. A. Hutchinson for their kind permission to use the laboratory and the instruments, and for their constant help throughout my work.

The Cave of Ali Tappeh and the Epi-Palaeolithic in N.E. Iran

1969 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 385-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. B. M. McBurney ◽  
Rosemary Payne
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Essential Factor ◽  
Kind Permission ◽  
The North ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Geological Past ◽  
Iranian Government ◽  
The University ◽  
Raised Beaches

In the 1964 Proceedings a preliminary report was published of an initial sounding at this site, discovered and named (after a nearby village) in 1962. The main excavation, in the summer of 1964, was undertaken with the kind permission and co-operation of the Iranian Government and authorities, and with the financial assistance of grants from the British Academy and the Crowther Beynon Fund of the University of Cambridge. Subsequent laboratory analysis has been carried out mainly in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology of the University of Cambridge.Since the geographical situation of the site forms an essential factor in its interpretation, the main features may be repeated here for convenience. The cave is eroded in the base of an escarpment which follows the foot of the Elburz range where it bounds the coastal plain along the southern shores of the present Caspian. The mountains rise abruptly in an impressive series of ridges to over 10,000 ft; the plain extends to the north to the modern sea-shore now some 8 miles away from the site and rapidly retreating. It is known however that in the recent geological past this situation has varied greatly. At times the sea lapped the base of the hills leaving traces in the form of escarpments and raised beaches, while at others it retreated scores of miles to the north and may even have disappeared altogether.

scholarly journals Leslie Howarth OBE. 23 May 1911 — 22 September 2001

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 107-119
Author(s):  
J. T. Stuart
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Applied Mathematics ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
California Institute Of Technology ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester

Leslie Howarth was born in Lancashire and studied at Accrington Grammar School and the University of Manchester, where he graduated in mathematics. Sydney Goldstein (FRS 1937) had a great impact on him, and he migrated with Goldstein to the University of Cambridge. There he studied for the Mathematical Tripos and then for a PhD under the guidance of Goldstein, gaining the Smith's Prize in the process. The 1930s were a golden age for fluid dynamics, both theoretical and experimental, partly because of the rapid rise of aviation in both Europe and North America. Howarth rapidly developed a formidable international reputation, producing a string of theoretical and computational papers at the cutting edge of research in the study of boundary layers in aerodynamics and fluid dynamics. In 1937–38 he spent a year in the USA at the California Institute of Technology, working with Theodore von Karman (ForMemRS 1946), during which they produced a remarkable paper of lasting importance in the theory of turbulence. During World War II Howarth worked for several UK government agencies, but afterwards he moved from Cambridge to the University of Bristol, where he developed a strong research school in theoretical fluid dynamics and applied mathematics.

scholarly journals Basil Lythgoe. 18 August 1913—18 April 2009

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Natural Substances ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Organic Chemist ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester

Basil Lythgoe was distinguished as an organic chemist. He began his career at the University of Manchester, where he had studied for his undergraduate and PhD degrees, before moving to University of Cambridge. During this period he collaborated with Alexander Todd on the structural elucidation and total synthesis of the natural nucleosides, and was also noted for his investigation of the structure of the natural substance macrozamin. In 1953 he moved to the chair of organic chemistry at the University of Leeds, running a research group from which several graduate students went on to academic careers of the highest distinction. At Leeds he worked on the structure of the alkaloid taxine 1 and calciferol, among other natural substances. Lythgoe's work was characterized by a combination of insight and high experimental skill.

scholarly journals Alan Turing and Oxford

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan P. Bowen
Keyword(s):  
National Physical Laboratory ◽  
Computer Scientist ◽  
University Of Oxford ◽  
Alan Turing ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Physical Laboratory ◽  
Archival Record ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester

Did Alan Turing OBE FRS (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954), the celebrated mathematician, codebreaker, and pioneer computer scientist, ever visit Oxford? He is well-known for his connections with the University of Cambridge, Bletchley Park, the National Physical Laboratory, and the University of Manchester, but there is no known written archival record of him ever visiting Oxford, despite it being the location of the University of Oxford, traditionally a rival of Cambridge. However, surely he must have done so.

INTERVIEW WITH PETINA GAPPAH

Imbizo ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-98
Author(s):  
Faith Mkwesha
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Short Story ◽  
First Language ◽  
Short Story Collection ◽  
The Third ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Book Award ◽  
The University ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
University Of Zimbabwe

This interview was conducted on 16 May 2009 at Le Quartier Francais in Franschhoek, Cape Town, South Africa. Petina Gappah is the third generation of Zimbabwean writers writing from the diaspora. She was born in 1971 in Zambia, and grew up in Zimbabwe during the transitional moment from colonial Rhodesia to independence. She has law degrees from the University of Zimbabwe, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Graz. She writes in English and also draws on Shona, her first language. She has published a short story collection An Elegy for Easterly (2009), first novel The Book of Memory (2015), and another collection of short stories, Rotten Row (2016).  Gappah’s collection of short stories An Elegy for Easterly (2009) was awarded The Guardian First Book Award in 2009, and was shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, the richest prize for the short story form. Gappah was working on her novel The Book of Memory at the time of this interview.

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