| Authorised form of name | Woolley; Sir; Richard van der Riet (1906 - 1986) |
| Dates | 1906 - 1986 |
| Date of birth | 24/04/1906 |
| Date of death | 24/12/1986 |
| Activity | Honours:
OBE 1953; Kt 1963
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/03/1953 |
| Age at election | 46 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1988 vol 34 pp 921-982, plate, by Sir William McCrea
References:
Sir Bernard Lovell, 'The Royal Society, the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the Astronomer Royal' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 283-297 |
| Code | NA8033 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RR/69/326 | Referee's report by Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey, on a paper 'The mechanism of ionospheric ionization' by Richard Van Der Riet Woolley | 1945 |
| RR/69/328 | Second referee's report by Edward Arthur Milne, on a paper 'Radiative equilibrium in the ionosphere' by Richard Van Der Riet Woolley | 1945 |
| PB/8/75/2/3 | Correspondence re current developments in British Astronomy. | 1967 |
| EC/1953/25 | Woolley, Sir Richard van der Riet: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/69/327 | Referee's report by Edward Arthur Milne, on a paper 'Radiative equilibrium in the ionosphere' by Richard Van Der Riet Woolley | 1945 |