| Authorised form of name | Spencer Jones; Sir; Harold (1890 - 1960); astronomer |
| Other forms of name | Harold Spencer |
| Other forms of surname | Jones |
| Dates | 1890 - 1960 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Kensington, London, England |
| Date of birth | 29 March 1890 |
| Place of death | Greenwich, London |
| Date of death | 03/11/1960 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Activity | Education:
Latymer Upper School, King Street, London (left 1907); MA, ScD
Career:
His Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape; ex-Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge; Chief Assistant, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1913-1923; Assistant Director of Optical Supplies, Woolwich, 1916-1919; Secretary, Royal Astronomical Society, 1923
Honours:
Kt 1943; KBE 1955
Memberships:
FRAS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/05/1930 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1943 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB (under 'Spencer Jones')
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1961 vol 7 pp 137-145, plate, by R v d R Woolley |
| Code | NA3379 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/WS/1225 | Jones, Sir Harold Spencer | |
| IM/GA/WS/1225/B | Jones, Sir Harold Spencer | nd |
| RR/20/78 | Referee's report by Frank Watson Dyson, on a paper 'The flexure of telescope mirror-discs arising from their weight, and its influence upon resolving power' by Harold Spencer Jones | May 1913 |
| RR/53/133 | Referee's report by Harold Spencer Jones, on a paper 'The spectra of singly and doubly ionized sulphur in the region ?? 3300-4900 a' by A Hunter | [March 1934] |
| RR/65/234 | Referee's report by Harold Spencer Jones, on a paper 'The refraction and dispersion of air and dispersion of air for the visible spectrum' by J E Sears and H Barrell | June 1938 |
| RR/66/113 | Fourth letter from Harold Spencer Jones, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley | 18 July 1945 |
| RR/65/218 | Referee's report by Harold Spencer Jones, on a paper 'Electromagnetic induction in non-uniform conductors, and the determination of the conductivity of the Earth from terrestrial magnetic variations' by A T Price and B N Lahiri | April 1938 |
| RR/70/137 | Referee's report by Harold Spencer Jones, on a paper 'An investigation of galactic radiation in the radio spectrum' by James Stanley Hey, S J Parsons and J W Phillips | 1947 |
| NLB/72/935 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Harold Spencer] Jones, FRS | 8 July 1930 |
| EC/1930/09 | Spencer Jones, Sir Harold: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WS/1225/D | Jones, Sir Harold Spencer | nd |
| RR/66/117 | Sixth letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Harold Spencer Jones, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley | 1 January 1946 |
| RR/66/115 | Fifth letter from Harold Spencer Jones, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley | 16 July 1945 |
| RR/66/119 | Letter from Harold Spencer Jones, to David Christie Martin, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley | 29 January 1947 |
| RR/66/114 | Fourth letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Harold Spencer Jones, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley | 20 July 1945 |
| RR/66/118 | Sixth letter from Harold Spencer Jones, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley | 21 December 1945 |
| RR/66/116 | Fifth letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Harold Spencer Jones, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley | 16 July 1945 |
| RR/66/102 | Letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Harold Spencer Jones, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley | 24 January 1940 |
| RR/38/85 | Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'The light of the night sky: Analysis of intensity variations observed at the Cape, at Canberra and in England' by Harold Spencer Jones | November 1929 |
| RR/66/98 | Letter from Harold Spencer Jones, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley | 15 December 1939 |
| RR/66/103 | Second letter from Harold Spencer Jones, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley | 25 January 1940 |
| RR/66/109 | Second letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Harold Spencer Jones, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley | 12 March 1940 |
| RR/66/110 | Third letter from Harold Spencer Jones, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley | 14 March 1940 |
| RR/66/112 | Third letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Harold Spencer Jones, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley | 9 July 1945 |
| RR/75/3 | Referee's report by Harold Spencer Jones, on a paper 'The stability of Saturn's rings' by George Ridsdale Goldsbrough | 18 April 1951 |
| IM/005633 | Cambridge University Training Corps | 1912 |