List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1890

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Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1890. [1]

Fellows of the Royal Society (FRS)

  1. Benjamin Baker (1840-1907)
  2. Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet [2] (1841-1912)
  3. Samuel Hawksley Burbury (1831-1911)
  4. Walter Gardiner [3] (1859-1941)
  5. John Kerr [4] [5] (1824-1907)
  6. Arthur Sheridan Lea (1853-1915)
  7. Percy Alexander MacMahon [6] (1854-1929)
  8. Alfred Merle Norman [7] (1831-1918)
  9. Sir William Henry Perkin [8] (1860-1929)
  10. Percival Spencer Umfreville Pickering [9] (1858-1920)
  11. Isaac Roberts (1829-1904)
  12. David Sharp (1840-1922)
  13. Jethro Justinian Harris Teall [10] [11] (1849-1924)
  14. Richard Thorne (1841-1899)
  15. Walter Frank Raphael Weldon [12] [13] (1860-1906)

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References

  1. ↑ "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Obituary. (1913) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 73, page 203
  3. ↑ Hill, A. W. (1941). "Walter Gardiner. 1859-1941". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society . 3 (10): 985–1004. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0046.
  4. ↑ k., C. G. (3 October 1907). "The Rev. Dr. John Kerr, F.R.S" (PDF). Nature . 76 (1979): 575–576. Bibcode:1907Natur..76..575C. doi:10.1038/076575a0.
  5. ↑ Gray, Robert C. (17 August 1935). "The Rev. John Kerr, F.R.S., Inventor of the Kerr Cell". Nature. 136 (3433): 245–247. Bibcode:1935Natur.136..245G. doi:10.1038/136245a0.
  6. ↑ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Percy Alexander MacMahon", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive , University of St Andrews .
  7. ↑ Sidney F. Harmer (1918). "Canon Alfred Merle Norman, F.R.S.". Nature . 102 (2558): 188–189. Bibcode:1918Natur.102..188H. doi:10.1038/102188a0.
  8. ↑ Holme, I. (2006). "Sir William Henry Perkin: a review of his life, work and legacy". Coloration Technology . 122 (5): 235–251. doi:10.1111/j.1478-4408.2006.00041.x.
  9. ↑ Russell, E. J. (1921). "Obituary Notice: Percival Spencer Umfreville Pickering". Biochemical Journal. 15 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1042/bj0150001. PMC   1258950 . PMID   16742957.
  10. ↑ Strahan, A. (1924). "Sir Jethro Teall, F.R.S". Nature. 114 (2855): 95–95. Bibcode:1924Natur.114...95S. doi:10.1038/114095a0. ISSN   0028-0836.
  11. ↑ "Teall, Jethro Justinian Harris (TL869JJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  12. ↑ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Walter Frank Raphael Weldon", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive , University of St Andrews .
  13. ↑ Bourne, Gilbert Charles (1912). "Weldon, Walter Frank Raphael"  . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 629-631.
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