| RefNo | EC/1925/01 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIII, 261; A00223 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Atkins, William Ringrose Gelston: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Distinguished for applying the methods of physical chemistry to vegetable physiology, and to the distribution of life in the sea. Author of over 50 papers: 'The Molecular Condition of Mixed Liquids'; 'The Osmotic Pressures of Plant and Animal Fluids'; 'Oxidases'; 'The Estimation of Sugar-Mixtures involving their Oxidation with Bromine'; 'The Hydrogen-ion Concentration in Sea-water, Tissues, and in Soils in relation to Plant Distribution, and to the availability of Iron'; 'The Silica and Phosphate Content of Sea-water,' showing that the latter Constituent sets a limit to Algal Growth. Author of 'Researches in Plant Physiology' (1916). |
| Proposers | S Young; H H Dixon; J Joly; R T Glazebrook; A C Seward; F F Blackman; Frederick Keeble; J B Farmer; A W Hill; E J Allen; H T Brown |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1784 | Atkins; William Ringrose Gelston (1884 - 1959) | 1884 - 1959 |