Eliot, Charles Norton Edgcumbe, 1862 - 1931
Dates
- Existence: 1862 - 1931
Biography
Sir Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot was Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield from 1905 to 1912. He succeeded William Hicks as Vice-Chancellor in July 1905. He arrived with a background in the diplomatic service rather than education and was a brilliant polymath. His interests included Zoology, Far Eastern languages and Philosophy. He took the role of Vice-Chancellor of Hong Kong University after he left Sheffield in 1912, and returned to the diplomatic service thereafter. Sources: 'Steel City Scholars' Helen Mathers and 'A Story of a Modern History' Arthur W. Chapman.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Records of the University President and Vice-Chancellor's Office, 1905 - 2010
Records of the Vice-Chancellor's Office consist of letterbooks, correspondence files, scrap books and diaries.
Outgoing correspondence letterbooks (US/VC/1)
Subject files A-W (US/VC/2)
Vice-Chancellorship papers (US/VC/3)
Diaries (US/VC/4)
Scrapbooks (US/VC/5)