> Definitely Liverpool. Thanks.Audrey - it did occur to me to wonder if his school Marlborough, was not the > little school in Marlborough Road, Liverpool, but the prestigious Marlborough > in Wiltshire. > > Marged----- Original Message ----- > > > Can anyone help with this query from my cousin > : > The first is any information at all about Marlborough College, somewhere in > Liverpool. My great uncle Rev. John Hamilton Cook was a teacher there, > presumably of Divinity. > The second is any information about a trip made by Einstein to Liverpool > University c. 1930. He definitely made one in 1921, but the c.1930 trip is > proving hard to find details of. I first saw details in a book, the extract > of which is below. > I'd be very grateful if you could pose these items to your friends to see if > anyone has any in-formation at all on either. > Many thanks, > Sam > For advancement of learning: the University of Liverpool, 1881-1981 > Thomas Kelly, Liverpool University Press, 1981, p242 > "Actually Einstein visited the University on a second occasion, about 1930, > when he was on his way to the United States. This time, in Wilberforce's > absence, he was received by Rice, who, since there was nothing to be seen in > the Physics Department, enlisted the help of Wil-liam Doran of Organic > Chemistry (a fluent German speaker) to show him round the Chemis-try > Departments." > (William Doran was married to my Great Aunt) > > Audrey Nww Zealand > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3265 - Release Date: 11/18/10 > 19:34:00 > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3265 - Release Date: 11/18/10 > 19:34:00 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Audrey Jones wrote :- >Definitely Liverpool. Thanks.Audrey Would be interested to know what evidence you have that your reverend great-uncle was a teacher at a Marlborough College in Liverpool rather than at the more-famous one in Wiltshire (which specialises in Divinity) suggested by Marged? Are you perhaps aware of this excellent site, hosted by a local lady who has a vast knowledge of Liverpool educational establishments? :- http://liverpool-schools.co.uk/index.html Sadly, she doesn't subscribe to this list, but her contact address is :- info@liverpool-schools.co.uk Good luck Gordon From: "Audrey Jones" <jopaw@paradise.net.nz> To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Marlborough College, Liverpool . Einstein in Liverpool1930 >Definitely Liverpool. Thanks.Audrey >it did occur to me to wonder if his school Marlborough, was not the >little school in Marlborough Road, Liverpool, but the prestigious >Marlborough >in Wiltshire. >Marged >Can anyone help with this query from my cousin >The first is any information at all about Marlborough College, >somewhere in >Liverpool. My great uncle Rev. John Hamilton Cook was a teacher there, >presumably of Divinity. >The second is any information about a trip made by Einstein to >Liverpool >University c. 1930. He definitely made one in 1921, but the c.1930 trip >is >proving hard to find details of. I first saw details in a book, the >extract >of which is below. >I'd be very grateful if you could pose these items to your friends to >see if >anyone has any in-formation at all on either. >Many thanks, >Sam >For advancement of learning: the University of Liverpool, 1881-1981 >Thomas Kelly, Liverpool University Press, 1981, p242 >"Actually Einstein visited the University on a second occasion, about >1930, >when he was on his way to the United States. This time, in >Wilberforce's >absence, he was received by Rice, who, since there was nothing to be >seen in >the Physics Department, enlisted the help of Wil-liam Doran of Organic >Chemistry (a fluent German speaker) to show him round the Chemis-try >Departments." >(William Doran was married to my Great Aunt) >Audrey Nww Zealand

Gordon, I did check out the Liverpool Marlborough School on Rachel Rick's Liverpool Schools list, but it wasn't there, unfortunately. Marj >Definitely Liverpool. Thanks.Audrey Would be interested to know what evidence you have that your reverend great-uncle was a teacher at a Marlborough College in Liverpool rather than at the more-famous one in Wiltshire (which specialises in Divinity) suggested by Marged? Are you perhaps aware of this excellent site, hosted by a local lady who has a vast knowledge of Liverpool educational establishments? :- http://liverpool-schools.co.uk/index.html Sadly, she doesn't subscribe to this list, but her contact address is :- info@liverpool-schools.co.uk Good luck Gordon From: "Audrey Jones" <jopaw@paradise.net.nz> To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Marlborough College, Liverpool . Einstein in Liverpool1930 >Definitely Liverpool. Thanks.Audrey >it did occur to me to wonder if his school Marlborough, was not the >little school in Marlborough Road, Liverpool, but the prestigious >Marlborough >in Wiltshire. >Marged >Can anyone help with this query from my cousin >The first is any information at all about Marlborough College, >somewhere in >Liverpool. My great uncle Rev. John Hamilton Cook was a teacher there, >presumably of Divinity. >The second is any information about a trip made by Einstein to >Liverpool >University c. 1930. He definitely made one in 1921, but the c.1930 trip >is >proving hard to find details of. I first saw details in a book, the >extract >of which is below. >I'd be very grateful if you could pose these items to your friends to >see if >anyone has any in-formation at all on either. >Many thanks, >Sam >For advancement of learning: the University of Liverpool, 1881-1981 >Thomas Kelly, Liverpool University Press, 1981, p242 >"Actually Einstein visited the University on a second occasion, about >1930, >when he was on his way to the United States. This time, in >Wilberforce's >absence, he was received by Rice, who, since there was nothing to be >seen in >the Physics Department, enlisted the help of Wil-liam Doran of Organic >Chemistry (a fluent German speaker) to show him round the Chemis-try >Departments." >(William Doran was married to my Great Aunt) >Audrey Nww Zealand ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3269 - Release Date: 11/20/10 19:34:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3269 - Release Date: 11/20/10 19:34:00