List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1954

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This page lists Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1954. [1]

Royal Society English learned society for science

The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society. Founded on 28 November 1660, it was granted a royal charter by King Charles II as "The Royal Society". It is the oldest national scientific institution in the world. The society is the United Kingdom's and Commonwealth of Nations' Academy of Sciences and fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, recognising excellence in science, supporting outstanding science, providing scientific advice for policy, fostering international and global co-operation, education and public engagement.

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Fellows

Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton was an English organic chemist and Nobel Prize laureate for 1969.

Sir Thomas MacFarland (Tom) Cherry F.A.A., F.R.S. was an Australian mathematician, serving as Professor of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne from 1929 until his retirement in 1963.

Frederick Charles Frank British physicist

Sir Frederick Charles Frank, OBE, FRS, known as Sir Charles Frank, was a British theoretical physicist. He is best known for his work on crystal dislocations, including the idea of the Frank–Read source of dislocations. He also proposed the cyclol reaction in the mid-1930s, and made many other contributions to solid-state physics, geophysics, and the theory of liquid crystals.

Foreign Members

  1. Karl von Frisch [28]
  2. Otto Loewi [29]
  3. Manne Siegbahn [30]

References

  1. ↑ "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-03-16.
  2. ↑ Ley, S. V.; Myers, R. M. (2002). "Derek Harold Richard Barton". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 48: 1. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2002.0001. JSTOR   3650246.
  3. ↑ Bullen, K. E.; Temple, G. (1968). "Thomas MacFarland Cherry. 1898-1966". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 14: 117. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1968.0006.
  4. ↑ Cruickshank, D. W. J. (2000). "Sir Ernest Gordon Cox, K.B.E. 24 April 1906 -- 23 June 1996: Elected F.R.S. 1954". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 46: 65. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0074.
  5. ↑ Nabarro, F. R. N.; Nye, J. F. (2000). "(Frederick) Charles Frank". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 46: 177. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0079.
  6. ↑ Doll, R. (1994). "Austin Bradford Hill. 8 July 1897-18 April 1991". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 40: 128–140. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1994.0032.
  7. ↑ Hill, Dorothy (1987). "Edwin Sherbon Hills. 31 August 1906-2 May 1986". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 33: 290–323. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1987.0011. JSTOR   769954.
  8. ↑ Gowing, M. (1990). "Lord Hinton of Bankside". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 36: 218. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1990.0031.
  9. ↑ Whiting, D. (2003). "Frederick Ernest King. 2 May 1905 - 14 August 1999". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 49: 299. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2003.0017.
  10. ↑ Whiting, D. (2003). "Frederick Ernest King. 2 May 1905 - 14 August 1999". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 49: 299. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2003.0017.
  11. ↑ Alexander, R. M. . (1996). "Hans Werner Lissmann". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 42: 234–245. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1996.0015.
  12. ↑ Burgen, A. (1994). "Frank Campbell MacIntosh. 24 December 1909-11 September 1992". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 40: 254–264. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1994.0038.
  13. ↑ Harrison, Richard (1987). "Leonard Harrison Matthews". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 33: 412–426. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1987.0016. JSTOR   769959.
  14. ↑ Lovell, A. C. B. (1964). "Joseph Lade Pawsey 1908-1962". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 10: 229–243. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1964.0014.
  15. ↑ Blow, D. M. (2004). "Max Ferdinand Perutz". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 50: 227–256. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2004.0016. JSTOR   4140521. PMID   15768489.
  16. ↑ Skempton, A. W. (1970). "Alfred John Sutton Pippard". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 16: 463–478. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1970.0019. JSTOR   769600.
  17. ↑ Tata, J. R. (1994). "Rosalind Pitt-Rivers 4 March 1907-14 January 1990". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 39: 326–326. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1994.0019.
  18. ↑ Cushing, D. (2005). "Reginald Dawson Preston. 21 July 1908 - 3 May 2000: Elected F.R.S. 1954". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 51: 347. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2005.0022.
  19. ↑ Wigglesworth, V. (1983). "John William Sutton Pringle. 22 July 1912-2 November 1982". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 29: 524. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1983.0019. JSTOR   769812.
  20. ↑ Porter, H. K. (1966). "Francis John Richards. 1901-1965". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 12: 422–426. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1966.0020.
  21. ↑ Neuberger, A.; Goldberg, A. (1996). "Claude Rimington. 17 November 1902-8 August 1993". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 42: 364. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1996.0022.
  22. ↑ Hayman, W. K. (1965). "Werner Wolfgang Rogosinski 1894-1964". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 11: 135–145. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1965.0009.
  23. ↑ Walker, John (2014). "Frederick Sanger (1918–2013) Double Nobel-prizewinning genomics pioneer". Nature. 505 (7481): 27. Bibcode:2014Natur.505...27W. doi:10.1038/505027a. PMID   24380948.
  24. ↑ Cowling, T. G. (1964). "Otto Struve 1897-1963". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 10: 282–304. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1964.0017.
  25. ↑ Clarke, W. B.; Crocket, J. H.; Gillespie, R. J.; Krouse, H. R.; Shaw, D. M.; Schwarcz, H. P. (2000). "Henry George Thode". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 46: 499. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0098.
  26. ↑ Norman, R. O. C.; Jones, J. H.; Lowry, T. M.; Duff, J. F. (1986). "William Alexander Waters. 8 May 1903-23 January 1985". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 32: 598. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1986.0020.
  27. ↑ Wigglesworth, V. (1982). "Carrington Bonsor Williams. 7 October 1889-12 July 1981". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 28: 666. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1982.0025. JSTOR   769914.
  28. ↑ Thorpe, W. H. (1983). "Karl von Frisch. 20 November 1886-12 June 1982". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 29: 196–200. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1983.0008. JSTOR   769801.
  29. ↑ Dale, H. H. (1962). "Otto Loewi 1873-1961". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 8: 67. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1962.0006.
  30. ↑ Atterling, H. (1991). "Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 37: 428–444. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1991.0022.
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