| Authorised form of name | Wain; Ralph Louis (1911 - 2000) |
| Dates | 1911 - 2000 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Hyde, Cheshire, England |
| Date of birth | 29/05/1911 |
| Date of death | 14/12/2000 |
| Activity | Honours:
CBE 1968
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 24/03/1960 |
| Age at election | 48 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Mullard Medal 1988 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2002 vol 48 pp 439-458, plate, by Sir Leslie Fowden FRS |
| Code | NA2208 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/SGRS/8347 | Wain, Ralph Louis | nd |
| PB/1/33/3/8 | Companion of Honour | 1965 |
| EC/1960/24 | Wain, Ralph Louis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/80/19 | Referee's report by Meirion Thomas, on a paper 'The B-oxidation of w-phenoxyalkylcarboxylic acids in the flax plant in relation to their plant growth-regulating activity' by C H Fawcett, J M A Ingram and Ralph Louis Wain | 29 April 1953 |
| RR/76/26 | Referee's report by George Robert Sabine Snow, on a paper 'The plant growth-regulating activity of dextro and laevo α-(2-naphthoxy)propionic acid' by M S Smith and Ralph Louis Wain | 7 May 1951 |
| RR/76/28 | Letter from George Robert Sabine Snow, on a paper 'The plant growth-regulating activity of dextro and laevo α-(2-naphthoxy)propionic acid' by M S Smith and Ralph Louis Wain, to [the Royal Society] | 31 May 1951 |
| RR/76/27 | Letter from D C Martin, on a paper 'The plant growth-regulating activity of dextro and laevo α-(2-naphthoxy)propionic acid' by M S Smith and Ralph Louis Wain, to George Robert Sabine Snow | 28 May 1951 |