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Total number of records: 5189

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	4254
Archives	701
Indexes	196
People and organisations	27
Coins	5
Textiles	3
Objects	2
Art items	1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	1231
English Literature	377
Leeds Russian Archive	297
Liddle Collection	230
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society	187
Quaker Collection	169
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	123
Ripon Cathedral	96
Herbert Read Collection	88
University Archive	76

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
world war, 1914-1918	101
vases, ancient	42
letters	39
operas	36
socialism	35
russians	34
russian literature	33
natural history	31
law	30
english drama	27

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
France	128
Great Britain	84
Denmark	39
Rome (Italy)	29
Soviet Union	27
Europe	25
Rome	19
Italy	12
Germany	12
Greece	12

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Society of Friends	54
Voltaire (1694-1778)	50
Whiteley, J L	44
Gould, H E	44
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)	43
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)	40
Browne, Hablot Knight	38
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)	38
Browne, Hablot Knight (1815-1882)	38
Fildes, Luke	38

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1500	53
From 1600	437
From 1700	1292
From 1800	1590
From 1900	1793
From 2000	24

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1599	50
Up to 1699	418
Up to 1799	1060
Up to 1899	1603
Up to 1999	1865
Up to latest	188

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Wheatcroft, E L E

1926-1941

Professor E L E Wheatcroft Prof. Wheatcroft was appointed to the Chair of Electrical Engineering at Leeds in 1926 and stayed in this post till he resigned in 1941. He died in March 1982. 1. Typesc...

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