| Authorised form of name | Plaskett; John Stanley (1865 - 1941) |
| Dates | 1865 - 1941 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Place of birth | Hickson, near Woodstock, Ontario, Canada |
| Date of birth | 17 November 1865 |
| Place of death | Esquimalt, near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Date of death | 17/10/1941 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Activity | Education:
BA (Toronto); DSc (Pittsburgh)
Career:
Astronomer, Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, 1905-1917
Honours:
CBE 1935
Memberships:
FRAS; FRS (Canada)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/05/1923 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1942-1944 vol 4 pp 67-82, plate, by H Spencer Jones |
| Code | NA1448 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/65/116 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John Stanley] Plaskett, FRS | 2 August 1923 |
| NLB/64/905 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John Stanley] Plaskett, FRS | 7 July 1923 |
| NLB/66/332 | Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Sydney] Chapman, FRS | 10 April 1924 |
| NLB/67/814 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John Stanley] Plaskett, FRS | 13 March 1925 |
| EC/1923/13 | Plaskett, John Stanley: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/39 | Volume 39 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1925 |
| MC/39/86 | Letter from [John Stanley] Plaskett, Director of the Department of Interior, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, England | 21 February 1925 |
| MC/37/107 | Letter from [John Stanley] Plaskett, Department of the Interior Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B.C., to [Francis Alexander] Towle, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House, London, England | 17 July 1923 |