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Authorised form of nameBoys; Samuel Francis (1911 - 1972)
Dates1911 - 1972
NationalityBritish
Date of birth20/12/1911
Date of death16/10/1972
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/03/1972
Age at election60
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1973 vol 19 pp 95-115, plate, by C A Coulson
CodeNA1119
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/GA/GRS/6208Boys, Samuel Francisnd
RR/72/44Letter from Thomas George Cowling, on two papers 'Electronic wave functions - I. A general method of calculation for the stationary states of any molecular system' and 'Electronic wave functions II. A calculation for the ground state of the beryllium atom' by Samuel Francis Boys to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society19 September 1949
RR/72/42Referee's report by William George Penney, on two papers 'Electronic wave functions - I. A general method of calculation for the stationary states of any molecular system' and 'Electronic wave functions II. A calculation for the ground state of the beryllium atom' by Samuel Francis Boys30 October 1949
RR/71/47Referee's report by William George Penney, Baron Penney of East Hendred, on a paper 'The structure of the reaction zone in a flame' by Samuel Francis Boys and J Corner17 October 1948
EC/1972/07Boys, Samuel Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/71/48Referee's report by Thomas George Cowling, on a paper 'The structure of the reaction zone in a flame' by Samuel Francis Boys and J Corner6 October 1948
RR/77/148Letter from John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'Electrical polarizability as a criterion for molecular wave functions' by J A Abbott and H C Bolton, to D C Martin29 August 1952
RR/72/43Letter from Thomas George Cowling, on two papers 'Electronic wave functions - I. A general method of calculation for the stationary states of any molecular system' and 'Electronic wave functions II. A calculation for the ground state of the beryllium atom' by Samuel Francis Boys to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society13 September 1949
RR/55/57Referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'The absorption spectra of complex molecules. Part I. The theoretical calculation of the critical frequencies of a molecule' by Samuell Francis Boys26 July 1935
RR/49/32Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry and John Edward Lennard-Jones, on two papers 'Optical rotatory power. I—A theoretical calculation for a molecule containing only isotropic refractive centres' and 'Optical rotatory power. II.—The calculation of the rotatory power of a molecule containing four refractive radicals at the corners of an irregular tetrahedron' by Samuel Francis Boys[December 1933]
RR/73/239Template referee's report, on a paper 'Electronic wave functions. III. Some theorems on integrals of antisymmetric functions of equivalent orbital form' by Samuel Francis Boys1950
RR/73/243Referee's report by William George Penney, on a paper 'Electronic wave functions. IV. Some general theorems for the calculation of Schrodinger integrals between complicated vector coupled functions for many electron atoms' by Samuel Francis Boys1950
RR/73/244Referee's report by William George Penney, on a paper 'Electronic wave functions. V. Systematic reduction methods for all Schrodinger integrals of conventional systems of antisymmetric vector coupled functions' by Samuel Francis Boys23 October 1950
RR/73/242Referee's report by William George Penney, on a paper 'Electronic wave functions. III. Some theorems on integrals of antisymmetric functions of equivalent orbital form' by Samuel Francis Boys23 October 1950
RR/75/324Template referee's report for a paper 'Electronic wave functions VII. Methods of evaluating the fundamental coefficients for the expansion of vector-coupled Schrodinger integrals and some values of these' by M J M Bernal and Samuel Francis Boys[1952]
RR/79/145Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Electronic wave functions. XII. The evaluation of the general vector-coupling coefficients by automatic computation' by Samuel Francis Boys and R C Sahni22 July 1953
RR/73/238Letter from Thomas George Cowling, on three papers 'Electronic wave functions. III. Some theorems on integrals of antisymmetric functions of equivalent orbital form', 'Electronic wave functions. IV. Some general theorems for the calculation of Schrodinger integrals between complicated vector coupled functions for many electron atoms' and 'Electronic wave functions. V. Systematic reduction methods for all Schrodinger integrals of conventional systems of antisymmetric vector coupled functions' by Samuel Francis Boys, to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society26 September 1950
RR/77/241Referee's report by William George Penney, on a paper 'Electronic waves. X. A calculation of eight variational poly-detor wave functions for boron and carbon' by Samuel Francis Boys26 November 1952
RR/75/325Template referee's report for a paper 'Electronic wave functions VIII. A calculation of the ground states Na+, Ne and F-' by M J M Bernal, Samuel Francis Boys and John Edward Lennard-Jones[1952]
RR/75/326Referee's report by [William George Penney], on a paper 'Electronic wave functions VII. Methods of evaluating the fundamental coefficients for the expansion of vector-coupled Schrodinger integrals and some values of these' by M J M Bernal and Samuel Francis Boys[6 January 1952]
RR/75/327Referee's report by William George Penney, on a paper 'Electronic wave functions VIII. A calculation of the ground states Na+, Ne and F-' by M J M Bernal, Samuel Francis Boys and John Edward Lennard-Jones6 January 1952
RR/73/241Letter from John Edward Lennard-Jones, on three papers 'Electronic wave functions. III. Some theorems on integrals of antisymmetric functions of equivalent orbital form', 'Electronic wave functions. IV. Some general theorems for the calculation of Schrodinger integrals between complicated vector coupled functions for many electron atoms' and 'Electronic wave functions. V. Systematic reduction methods for all Schrodinger integrals of conventional systems of antisymmetric vector coupled functions' by Samuel Francis Boys, to William George Penney20 October 1950
RR/73/240Letter from William George Penney, on three papers 'Electronic wave functions. III. Some theorems on integrals of antisymmetric functions of equivalent orbital form', 'Electronic wave functions. IV. Some general theorems for the calculation of Schrodinger integrals between complicated vector coupled functions for many electron atoms' and 'Electronic wave functions. V. Systematic reduction methods for all Schrodinger integrals of conventional systems of antisymmetric vector coupled functions' by Samuel Francis Boys, to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society23 October 1950
RR/75/322Copy letter from John Edward Lennard-Jones to D C Martin, concerning three papers: 'Electronic wave functions: VI. Some theorems facilitating the evaluation of Schrodinger integrals of vector-coupled functions' by Samuel Francis Boys, 'Electronic wave functions VII. Methods of evaluating the fundamental coefficients for the expansion of vector-coupled Schrodinger integrals and some values of these' by M J M Bernal and Samuel Francis Boys, and 'Electronic wave functions VIII. A calculation of the ground states Na+, Ne and F-' by M J M Bernal, Samuel Francis Boys and John Edward Lennard-Jones5 February 1952
RR/79/143Letter from John Edward Lennard-Jones to D C Martin, concerning two papers: 'Electronic wave functions. XI. A calculation of eight variational wave functions for Cl, Cl-, S and S-' by Samuel Francis Boys and V E Price, and 'Electronic wave functions. XII. The evaluation of the general vector-coupling coefficients by automatic computation' by Samuel Francis Boys and R C Sahni24 June 1953
RR/75/321Copy of referee's comments on three papers: 'Electronic wave functions: VI. Some theorems facilitating the evaluation of Schrodinger integrals of vector-coupled functions' by Samuel Francis Boys, 'Electronic wave functions VII. Methods of evaluating the fundamental coefficients for the expansion of vector-coupled Schrodinger integrals and some values of these' by M J M Bernal and Samuel Francis Boys, and 'Electronic wave functions VIII. A calculation of the ground states Na+, Ne and F-' by M J M Bernal, Samuel Francis Boys and John Edward Lennard-Jones[1952]
RR/75/323Letter from Douglas Rayner Hartree to D C Martin, concerning three papers: 'Electronic wave functions: VI. Some theorems facilitating the evaluation of Schrodinger integrals of vector-coupled functions' by Samuel Francis Boys, 'Electronic wave functions VII. Methods of evaluating the fundamental coefficients for the expansion of vector-coupled Schrodinger integrals and some values of these' by M J M Bernal and Samuel Francis Boys, and 'Electronic wave functions VIII. A calculation of the ground states Na+, Ne and F-' by M J M Bernal, Samuel Francis Boys and John Edward Lennard-Jones10 February 1952
RR/75/320Letter from Charles Alfred Coulson to D C Martin, concerning three papers: 'Electronic wave functions: VI. Some theorems facilitating the evaluation of Schrodinger integrals of vector-coupled functions' by Samuel Francis Boys, 'Electronic wave functions VII. Methods of evaluating the fundamental coefficients for the expansion of vector-coupled Schrodinger integrals and some values of these' by M J M Bernal and Samuel Francis Boys, and 'Electronic wave functions VIII. A calculation of the ground states Na+, Ne and F-' by M J M Bernal, Samuel Francis Boys and John Edward Lennard-Jones23 January 1952
RR/77/240Referee's report by William George Penney, on a paper 'Electronic wave functions. IX. Calculations for the three lowest states of the beryllium atom' by Samuel Francis Boys26 November 1952
RR/79/144Referee's report by Charles Alfred Coulson, on a paper 'Electronic wave functions. XI. A calculation of eight variational wave functions for Cl, Cl-, S and S-' by Samuel Francis Boys and V E Price[1953]
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