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Lancelot Law Whyte correspondence, 1910-1958 (bulk 1910-1911).
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Lancelot Law Whyte correspondence, 1910-1958 (bulk 1910-1911)Creator/Contributor:
Whyte, Lancelot Law, 1896-1972, creator, correspondent.Abstract:
Contains three letters to from different correspondents dated September 21, 1910, September 13, 1911, and August 20, 1958.
The earlier two are handwritten with letterhead addresses located in England and Scotland. The later letter is typewritten
in English, with a dated header in Bosnian, containing a response to an inquiry made by Whyte regarding the Ragusean mathematician,
Father Roger Joseph Boscovich. All correspondents' signatures are illegible. Also includes one printed calling card for Mr.
Lancelot Law Whyte.
Date:
1910 (issued)Subject:
Whyte, Lancelot Law -- 1896-1972 -- CorrespondenceNote:
Lancelot Law Whyte correspondence, 1910-1958, BANC MSS 2010/305, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Lancelot Law Whyte was a financier and industrial engineer born on January 1, 1896 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He claimed to have
worked with Albert Einstein on the unified field theory. He further claimed that this work was based on the theory of the
18th century natural philosopher Roger Boscovich. Whyte proposed what he called "the unitary principle" to unify physics theories.
He died in 1972.
In English.
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Letterhead.Physical Description:
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English