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Might be of interest to list members. It seems they havent had many
applications for 2011.<br>
Season's greetings<br>
Bernardo<br>
Bangor University (Wales)<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
'Times New Roman','serif';"><o:p></o:p></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0,
102); font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Call for Douglas
Byrne Marconi Fellowship Applications <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:
8.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">10 November 2010</span></strong><span
style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The Bodleian Libraries
are calling for applicants interested in researching the
history of science and technology. Thanks to a grant from the
Wireless Preservation Society, the Bodleian Libraries offer an
annual fellowship to support a scholar in residence. The value
of the award in 2011 will be £4000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Applications are
encouraged from those wishing to consult the Marconi Archive
at the Bodleian Library and the collection of objects held at
the Museum of Science, Oxford. The vast archive, occupying
some 400 linear metres of shelving, includes personal papers
of Guglielmo Marconi and business records relating to the
radio industry up to the late twentieth century. Objects in
the collection include devices from early experiments in
transmission. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The first fellowship was
awarded this year to Professor Peter Scott, of the Henley
Business School, University of Reading, for research into
competitive advantage and innovation in the interwar British
radio industry. Professor Scott will deliver the first Douglas
Byrne Marconi Lecture on March 1, 2011. “The Marconi
fellowship has provided me with the resources to undertake
in-depth research using Britain’s most extensive and important
archive for the radio and related industries”, says Professor
Scott. “The Marconi collection sheds important light on all
aspects of the early radio industry and constitutes a key
historical resource for anyone undertaking research in this
area.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The Marconi Collection
was donated <span class="googqs-tidbit">to the University of
Oxford by Marconi plc in December 2004.</span> A catalogue
of the archive, funded by the Wireless Preservation Society,
is available online from the Bodleian Library. A catalogue of
the objects can be found on the website of the Museum of the
History of Science.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">One of the most
interesting sections of the archive relates to the Titanic
disaster in 1912. The role played by wireless telegraphy in
saving lives during this tragic event is well documented in
the archive, which features the logs of ships’ radio operators
recording the first and last distress signals from the Titanic
as well as thousands of other messages exchanged before,
during and after the emergency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">As well as documents
relating to Marconi and his Wireless Telegraph Company, there
are records of numerous other electronic and electrical
engineering companies, all of which were ultimately absorbed
into the General Electric Company (GEC) which in 1999 changed
its own name to Marconi. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The fellowship is named
in memory of its founder, Douglas Byrne.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0%
white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">For details of funding
and how to apply for the Douglas Byrne Marconi Fellowship at
the Bodleian Library, visit the library website at <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/csb/">www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/csb/</a>,
or write to: Fellowships, Centre for the Study of the Book,
Bodleian Library, Oxford OX1 3BG. Applications for the 2011
fellowship must be submitted by December 31, 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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