| Authorised form of name | Lyle; Sir; Thomas Ranken (1860 - 1944) |
| Dates | 1860 - 1944 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Ireland |
| Date of birth | 26 August 1860 |
| Place of death | Melbourne, Australia |
| Date of death | 31/03/1944 |
| Activity | Education:
Coleraine Academic Institute; Trinity College, Dublin. MA; DSc (1905)
Career:
Taught mathematics, Catholic University College (1885-1886); played in the Irish Rugby team (1885-1887); taught physics, Trinity College, Dublin (1886-1888); Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne, Australia (1889); designed research apparatus for electro-magnetism; verified Roentgen's discovery of X-rays; took the first radiograph in Australia (1896); used X-ray in an operation at Melbourne hospital (1896); Emeritus Professor (1915); Chairman, Victorian Electricity Commission (1919)
Honours:
Kt 1922
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/05/1912 |
| Relationships | Married; one son, three daughters |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; AE
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1945-1948 vol 5 pp 33-49, plate, by Kerr Grant
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 |
| Code | NA1205 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RR/20/86 | Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'On the self-inductance of circular coils of rectangular section' by Thomas Ranken Lyle | May 1913 |
| NLB/55/570 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Professor Thomas Ranken] Lyle, FRS, Melbourne, Australia | 13 June 1918 |
| EC/1912/07 | Lyle, Sir Thomas Ranken: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/20/85 | Referee's report by George Frederick Charles Searle, on a paper 'On the self-inductance of circular coils of rectangular section' by Thomas Ranken Lyle | May 1913 |
| MC/27/233 | Letter from Thomas [Ranken] Lyle, Lisbuoy, Toorak, Melbourne, to The Secretaries, Royal Society | 18 June 1912 |