| Authorised form of name | Anderson; Sir; William (1835 - 1898) |
| Dates | 1835 - 1898 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | St Petersburg, Russia |
| Date of birth | 05 January 1835 |
| Place of death | Woolwich Arsenal |
| Date of death | 11 December 1898 |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Activity | Education:
St Petersburg; King's College, London
Career:
Went to England (1849); pupil of Sir William Fairbairn (FRS 1850) (1855); joined the firm Easton and Amos, Southwark (1864); worked on gun and turret mountings; designed machinery to manufacture cordite for the War Office (c 1888); Director General of ordnance factories (1889)
Honours:
CB 1895; KCB 1897
Memberships:
MIMechE; MICE
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1891 |
| Relationships | Son of John Anderson of Matthews, Anderson and Co, Bankers and Merchants of St Petersburg and his wife Frances, daughter of Dr Simpson; married (1856) Emma Eliza, daughter of J RBrown of Knighton, Radnorshire |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/71383567 |
| Code | NA5808 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MM/14/180 | Letter from Sir William Anderson, Woolwich Arsenal, to Sir Alfred Ewing | 15 December 1890 |
| NLB/6/420 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr William Anderson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 9 May 1892 |
| NLB/17/726 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 13 December 1898 |
| NLB/6/472 | Copy letter from Dr William Anderson, Lesney House, Erith | 18 May 1892 |
| NLB/5/155 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 April 1891 |
| NLB/6/1152 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr William Anderson, Erith, Kent | 2 November 1892 |
| NLB/7/333 | Copy extracts from an official letter of the Chemist of the War Department, William Anderson, Fellow of the Royal Society, to the Director of Artillery | 19 November 1892 |
| IM/Maull/000099 | Anderson, Sir William | nd |
| EC/1891/04 | Anderson, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/15/161 | Letter from [Alexander Blackie William] Kennedy, 19 Little Queen Street, Westminster, to [Herbert] Rix, The Royal Society, Burlington House | 3 April 1891 |
| MC/15 | Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1889-1892 |