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A Personal Memoir of the 20th Century
出版Sheffield Academic Press, 2001
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Modern / 20th Century / GeneralReligion / Biblical Studies / General
ISBN18412716839781841271682
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=DSwaAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Lord Dainton, known throughout his life as Fred, was the ninth child of a Sheffield stonemason. A lifelong advocate of higher education, he became Professor of Chemistry in Leeds and Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham during the period of radical student unrest, and Chairman of the University Grants Committee. In retirement, as Chairman of the British Library Board, he persuaded Mrs Thatcher to authorise construction of the new u500 million building for the British Library at St Pancras. He died in 1997, just as the Library opened to the public. In this memoir, written in the last two years of his life, Fred discusses the nature and organisation of education and research, dealing with ethical issues as well as policies and practicalities. He offers shrewd glances below the waterline of government and the establishment, with a veritable roll-call of famous names and a wealth of anecdote to enthuse the scientist, social historian and general reader alike."