Nichols, Wm. Ripley (William Ripley), 1847-1886

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1847 - 1886

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, MIT, 1881 - 1889

File — Multiple Containers

Identifier: cuid26300

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Edward W. Greenleaf, George Holmes Howison, William Ripley Nichols, and Francis Amasa (General) Walker.

Dates: 1881 - 1889

Found in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections / William R. Ware papers

William Barton Rogers papers

Collection

Identifier: MC-0001

Abstract This collection contains the personal correspondence of William Barton Rogers, the founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Family and professional correspondence, notes, articles, lectures, clippings, and drafts of articles on scientific topics, documents relating his philosophy on science and technology education, and many antecedent documents relating to the establishment and early years of MIT are included. An important part of the collection is drafts of...

Dates: 1804 - 1950; Majority of material found within 1834 - 1882

Found in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections

More about 'Nichols, Wm. Ripley (William Ripley), 1847-1886'

Name Forms

Also known by the following names:

Nichols, William Ripley, 1847-1886
Nichols, Prof. (William Ripley), 1847-1886
Nichols, W. R. (William Ripley), 1847-1886

Related Names

Richards, Ellen Swallow, 1842-1911 (Associative with Related)

Description

William Ripley Nichols, along with Ellen Swallow Richards, as part of the MIT sanitary chemistry lab, co-headed research commissioned by the commonwealth of Massachusetts to survey the commonwealth's drinking water -- the first such study conducted in the U.S.