Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Vol. 16, 1970 / The Royal Society
1970, First Edition. London : Royal Society. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #395538
Physical description: 562 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm. Notes: A new series in continuation of Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, volumes 1-9 (1932-1954). Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Frederic Charles Bartlett / by D. E. Broadbent -- Samuel Phillips Bedson / by A. W. Downie -- Edward Ettingdean Bridges, Baron Bridges / by Sir John Winnifrith -- Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Viscount Bruce of Melbourne / by Sir Robert Menzies -- William Edward Curtis / by G. D. Rochester -- Henry Hallett Dale / W. S. Feldberg -- Peter Joseph Wilhem Debye / by Mansel Davies -- Charles Arthur Lovatt Evans / by I. de Burgh Daly & R. A. Gregory -- Herbert John Fleure / by Alice Garnett -- Otto Hahn / by R. Spence -- Herbert Leader Hawkins / by P. Allen -- David Willis Wilson Henderson / by W. T. J. Morgan & L. H. Kent -- Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett / by F. W. R. Brambell -- Vincent Charles Illing / by N. L. Falcon -- Robert Thomson Leiper / by P. C. C Garnham -- Lise Meitner / by O. R. Frisch -- Thomas Ralph Merton / by Sir Harold Hartley & D. Gabor -- Stanley Peat / by Sir Edmund Hirst & J. R. Turvey -- Alfred John Sutton Pippard / by A. W. Skempton -- Herbert Harold Read / by J. Sutton -- George Robert Sabine Snow / by A. R. Clapham -- Ernest Basil Verney / by I. de Burgh Daly & L. Mary Pickford -- Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia / by Sir James Stubblefield. Subjects: Royal Society (Great Britain) ; Biography ; Periodicals; Scientists Great Britain ; Biography; Scientists Obituaries ; Periodicals; Science ; Biography; Science history.
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