| Description | Stansfield, Robert Grubb (1915-1993), City University.
File consists of 1- brown envelope containing 1- folder.
Inside the folder are handwritten notes to lectures given by Mace, Hadfield and Smith during the time when R.G. Stansfield was a part-time research student at Birkbeck College, London,1946-1948.
Also included is a letter addressed to Dr.A.Lovie, Honorary Archivist British Psychological Society dated 21st Sept.1980,
a printed copy of a document entitled 'History and Historical Records of O.R.: The Society's Position and Role,
a copy of a typed document entitled 'Theory of Perception'.
Historical Background:
Robert Grubb Stansfield [1915-1993] Physicist. Educated at Clare College Cambridge then Particle physics researcher at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
During the war he became a Member of the Operational Research Section of Fighter Command.
After the war he went to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) later moving to City University as Reader in Industrial Sociology.
In addition to being a founder member of the Ergonomics Society he was actively involved with numerous societies concerned with anthropology, history of science, operational research, physics, psychology (BPS), sociology and the British Association.
Sources:
Biographical details taken from R.G.Stansfield's obituary published in The Ergonomist February 1994 (by Reg Sell). |
| AdminHistory | Robert Grubb Stansfield [1915-1993] Physicist. Educated at Clare College Cambridge then Particle physics researcher at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. During the war he became a Member of the Operational Research Section of Fighter Command. After the war he went to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) later moving to City University as Reader in Industrial Sociology. In addition to being a founder member of the Ergonomics Society he was actively involved with numerous societies concerned with anthropology, history of science, operational research, physics, psychology (BPS), sociology and the British Association. |