| Authorised form of name | Moseley; Henry (1801 - 1872); churchman, mathematician, and writer on mechanics |
| Dates | 1801 - 1872 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England |
| Date of birth | 09 July 1801 |
| Place of death | Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
| Date of death | 20 January 1872 |
| Occupation | Clergyman |
| Research field | Structural mechanics |
| Mechanics |
| Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
Grammar school in Newcastle under Lyme; School in Abbeville, France; Naval school in Portsmouth (1818); St John's College, Cambridge (BA 1826; MA 1836).
Career:
Ordained deacon (1827); ordained priest becoming curate at West Monkton, Taunton (1828); produced his first book “A Treatise on Hydrostatics” (1830); Professor of natural and experimental philosophy and astronomy at King’s College, London, where his efforts were crucial in establishing the practical science and engineering department (1831-1884); appointed as her majesty’s inspector of normal schools (1844); concurrently chaplain of King’s College (1831-1833); residential canonry in Bristol Cathedral (1853); vicar of Olveston, Gloucestershire (1854); chaplain in ordinary to Queen Victoria (1855); active in the promotion of working-class education and advocated the development of middle schools to be established on a scientific, rather than literary basis (c1860s).
Memberships:
Institut de France (corresponding member)
Council of Military Education
Institution of Naval Architects VP |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/02/1839 |
| Age at election | 38 |
| Proposer | Charles Wheatstone; John Frederic Daniell; Robert Bentley Todd; George Rennie; John Forbes Royle; Baden Powell; Edmund Halswell |
| Relationships | Parents: Dr William Willis Moseley, kept a large private school at Newcastle under Lyme, and Margaret Jackson.
Spouse: Harriet, daughter of William Nottidge, of Wandsworth Common, Surrey (23 April 1835).
Children: Henry Nottidge Moseley (FRS 1877). |
| PublishedWorks | RCN 56241
RCN 56242
RCN 56243
RCN 56240
RCN 56239 |
| OtherInfo | Noted for his contribtions to the theory of arches and energy concepts in mechanics.
Investigated statics of masonry arches. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
T M Charlton, 'Contributions to the Science of Bridge-Building in the Nineteenth Century by Henry Moseley, Hon.Ll.D., FRS and William Pole, D.Mus., FRS' in NR 1975-6 vol 30 pp 169-179 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/22923208 |
| Code | NA2248 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/Maull/003187 | Moseley, Henry | nd |
| RR/4/188 | Referee's report by William Hopkins, on a paper 'On the motion of a plate of metal on an inclined plane, when dilated and contracted; and on the descent of glaciers' by Henry Moseley | 21 June 1861 |
| RR/3/22 | Referee's report by Henry Moseley, on a paper 'On the comparison of transcendents with certain applications to the theory of definite integrals' by Professor George Boole | 11 July 1857 |
| RR/2/202 | Referee's report by Henry Moseley, on a paper 'On the theory of waves' by Andrew John Robertson | 3 September 1852 |
| RR/2/163 | Referee's report by James David Forbes, on a paper 'On the descent of glaciers' by Reverad Henry Moseley | 12 June 1855 |
| RR/7/121 | Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the uniform flow of a liquid' by Henry Moseley | 1871 |
| RR/7/117 | Letter from Henry Moseley, on his paper 'On the uniform flow of a liquid' to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 11 March 1871 |
| MS/426/236 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Rev [Henry] Moseley | 21 November 1846 |
| EC/1839/09 | Moseley, Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/2/128 | Referee's report by Henry Moseley, on a paper 'On the mechanical equivalent of heat' by James Precott Joule | 1850 |
| RR/7/120 | Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the uniform flow of a liquid' by Henry Moseley | 29 June 1871 |
| RR/6/191 | Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'On the mechanical possibility of the descent of glaciers, by their weight only' by Henry Moseley | 2 March 1869 |
| RR/7/118 | Letter from William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the uniform flow of a liquid' by Henry Moseley to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 13 May 1871 |
| RR/6/192 | Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the mechanical possibility of the descent of glaciers, by their weight only' by Henry Moseley | 24 February 1869 |
| PT/39/7/18 | Plate, beam with a double flanch by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/42/10 | Paper, 'On the rolling motion of a cylinder' by Rev Henry Moseley | 28 February 1851 |
| PT/39/7/15 | Plate, wrought-iron beam with vertical rib and angle-irons by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/42/10/2 | Plate, diagram of the pressure of the cylinder on point of contact with plane Henry Moseley | 28 February 1851 |
| PT/39/7/9 | Plate, strength of riveted plates by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/12 | Plate, section of angle-iron beam by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/13 | Plate, solid wrought-iron beams by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/2 | Plate, plan and section of Low Moor Yorkshire iron plates by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/2 | Paper, 'On the dynamical stability and the oscillations of floating bodies' by Rev Henry Moseley | 1 December 1849 |
| PT/39/7/8 | Plate, single riveted plate of iron by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/4 | Plate, strength of riveted plates of Yorkshire iron by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/6 | Plate, strength of riveted plates by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/10 | Plate, iron frames for construction by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/7 | Plate, strength of riveted plates by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/16 | Plate, rectangular arrangement of wrought-iron beams by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/14 | Plate, wrought-iron beam with two bars by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/3 | Plate, plan and section of Derbyshire iron plates by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/5 | Plate, strength of riveted plates by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/19 | Plate, malleable iron beam by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/11 | Plate, frame with double-angle iron for construction by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/39/7/17 | Plate, beam with a single flanch by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| PT/42/10/1 | Manuscript, 'On the rolling motion of a cylinder' by Rev Henry Moseley | 28 February 1851 |
| AP/37/9 | Paper, 'On the descent of glaciers' by Henry Moseley | 1855 |
| PT/60/13 | Paper, 'On a new method of approximation, applicable to elliptic and ultra-elliptic functions' by Charles W [Watkins] Merrifield | 17 March 1860 |
| RR/7/119 | Referee's report by William John Macquorn Rankine, on a paper 'On the uniform flow of a liquid' by Henry Moseley | 13 May 1871 |
| PT/39/7/1 | Manuscript, 'An experimental inquiry into the strength of wrought iron plates and their rivetted [sic] joints as applied to ship-building and vessels exposed to severe strains' by Wm [William] Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| Pt/39/7/20 | Plate, malleable iron beam by William Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| MC/10/224 | Letter from Lewis Jackson, Royal Institution of Great Britain, to Professor [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society | 20 February 1875 |
| AP/26/18 | Unpublished paper, 'On factorial expressions and the summation of algebraic series' by W Tate | 1843 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| PT/39/7 | Paper, 'An experimental inquiry into the strength of wrought iron plates and their rivetted [sic] joints as applied to ship-building and vessels exposed to severe strains' by Wm [William] Fairbairn | 10 April 1850 |
| AP/34/20 | Unpublished paper, 'On the theory of waves' by Andrew John Robertson | July 1852 |
| AP/36/13 | Paper, 'Remarks on the Rev H [Henry] Moseley's theory of the descent of glaciers' by James D [David] Forbes | 21 May 1855 |
| AP/43/10 | Unpublished paper, 'On the nature of a plate of metal on an inclined plane when dilated and contracted; and upon the descent of glaciers' Henry Moseley | 1861 |
| AP/53/6 | Unpublished paper, 'On the uniform flow of a liquid' by Henry Moseley | 1870 |
| AP/51/8 | Unpublished paper, 'On the mechanical possibility of the descent of glaciers by their weight only' by Henry Moseley | 24 October 1868 |
| AP/51/8/2 | Unpublished diagrams, movement of glaciers by Henry Moseley | 24 October 1868 |
| AP/51/8/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On the mechanical possibility of the descent of glaciers by their weight only' by Henry Moseley | 24 October 1868 |
| PP/6/14 | Paper, 'On some physical properties of ice and on the motion of glaciers, with special reference to the late Canon Moseley's objections to gravitation theories' by Coutts Trotter | 1884 |
| HS/19/221 | Copy of letter of recommendation to the Professorship of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at King's College, London for Rev. Henry Moseley, by Olinthus Gregory | 28 September 1830 |
| RR/1/166 | Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'On the geometrical forms of turbinated and discoid shells' by Henry Moseley | 9 July 1838 |
| RR/2/162 | Referee's report by William Hopkins, on a paper 'On the descent of glaciers' by Reverad Henry Moseley | 30 May 1855 |