N° d'objet
96/92
Créateur
Description
A bronze plaque with white lettering in a decorative frame in honour of Robert Stenhouse Williams, the first director of the National Institute for Research in Dairying (N.I.R.D.) 1912–1932. It was made by Allen & Greaves Ltd and dates from the 1930s. The plaque originally hung in the N.I.R.D. Library at Shinfield, Reading.
Description physique
1 plaque: all bronze; good conditionEngraved wording reads: 'This library is a grateful tribute from friends in all parts of the world to the memory of Robert Stenhouse Williams, M. B. D. Sc., first director of the National Institute for Research in Dairying and Research Professor of Bacteriology in the University of Reading who died on 2nd February 1932, and who for twenty years from its foundation in 1912 inspired and directed the work of the Institute. "He had the gift of winning friends and of earning the affection of fellow-workers. He held fast to his purpose through difficulties that persisted for years and must have daunted a man of less heart. The Institute is his monument".
Historique d'archive
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: PLAQUE, Bronze // Accession number: 96/92 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 3.6.97 // Description: Bronze plaque with white lettering and decorative frame. It was formerly in the library of the NIRD, Shinfield. // Makers: Allen & Greaves Ltd – inscribed in bottom right hand corner of the plaque. // Made in the 1930’s. // Dimensions: 113 cm wide (including decorative border) x 49.8 cm deep // Associated information: Engraved wording reads: // This library is a grateful tribute from friends in all parts of the world to the memory of Robert Stenhouse Williams, M. B., D. Sc., first director of the National Institute for Research in Dairying and Research Professor of Bacteriology in the University of Reading who died on 2nd February 1932, and who for twenty years from its foundation in 1912 inspired and directed the work of the Institute. “He had the gift of winning friends and earning the affection of fellow-workers. He held fast to his purpose through difficulties that persisted for years and must have daunted a man of less heart. The Institute is his monument.”// References: Nat. Institute for Research in Dairying – A Memoir by H. F. Burgess (RHC 3360 BUR)’
Date
1930-01-01 - 1939-12-31
Période de création
1930s
Nom d'objet
Matériel
