Material relating to Griffith Davies, F.R.S.,
- NLW MS 12748E.
- File
- [1901x1937].
Part of D. E. Jenkins Manuscripts,
A volume of miscellaneous material relating to Griffith Davies, F.R.S., mathematician and actuary, including an abstract of an essay entitled 'Griffith Davies, F.R.S., the Actuary', [?by Miss Dew Roberts]; biographical notes extracted from Y Traethodydd, 1855, and from Cymru, 8 (1895) and 15 (1898); a copy of a letter from S. H. Jarvis (assistant secretary), the Institute of Actuaries, Holborn, to Miss Grace Ellis (librarian), Old College, Bangor, 1925 (information concerning material relating to Griffith Davies); and (inset) a holograph letter and postcard from Grace Ellis, the Library, University College of North Wales, Bangor, to G. J. Williams, Bangor, 1925 (replies to requests for information relating to Griffith Davies). Included also in this volume are notes on Benjamin Gompertz, extracted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol. XV.